Solange Pessoa in ERASURE introduced by curator Eleanor Clarke

“Materials call us and choose us; they attract our perception and curiosity. They belong to the world and exist to be explored.”

- Solange Pessoa.

Throughout her career, Brazilian artist, Solange Pessoa, has worked with organic materials such as clay, moss, feathers and leather alongside traditional mediums like bronze.

Pessoa began her Pedra-sabão (soapstone) series in 2014, collaborating with local stone masons in Mata dos Palmitos, a village with a long history of soapstone carving.

Inspired by the fossils of Brazil’s prehistoric megafauna, the biodiversity of the Cerrado savanna, and the arid landscapes of the sertão, the motifs pay homage to ancestral knowledge and spirituality.

Credit: Solange Pessoa, Nihil Novi Sub Sole, (2019–2021) Carved soapstone sculptures in ERASURE at Goodwood Art Foundation. Film by James Blake.