Balcony Gallery and artist Laura Caetano are pleased to invite you to visit "9", her first solo exhibition at the gallery, opening on July 11, Saturday, at 6 pm.

During a conversation with Laura in her studio, we spoke about the experience of creating images on images, those devoid of any meaning beyond their aesthetic quality. We quickly arrived at clichéd categorisations of what defines an artist and the ideas surrounding the desire for pure painting. She concluded: “the hands are the painter’s ultimate tool,” admitting that her own obsessions shared this universal matrix. It is as though this icon functions as a common language, serving as a painter’s truest self-portrait.

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Text by Francisca Portugal