WORKS
Symbiosis

We know very little about lichens. It is a symbiotic partnership, a mutualistic alliance, and a threshold organism. The thought of two beings from distinct biological kingdoms that cannot live without each other, coming together and transforming each other in collaboration – two beings becoming one that regenerates itself infinitely – leads us to look at Sofia Arez ‘s works as metaphors and models for the intricacies of the relationships between living entities on Earth. Come and discover them at Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência.

Sabemos muito pouco sobre líquenes. É uma parceria simbiótica, uma aliança mutualista, e um organismo de fronteira. O pensamento de dois seres de reinos biológicos distintos que não conseguem viver um sem o outro, que se juntam e se transformam mutuamente em colaboração – dois seres que se tornam um só que se regenera infinitamente – leva-nos a olhar para estes trabalhos de Sofia Arez como metáforas e modelos para os meandros das relações entre as entidades vivas na Terra. Vamos descobri-los no Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência.

Caloplaca flavescens, 2021
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm
Caloplaca sp., 2022
watercolour on paper
56 x 77 cm, private collection
Cladonia coniocraea, 2021
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm
Cladonia from the group coccifera, 2022
watercolour on paper
56 x 77 cm
Cladonia pyxidata group, 2022
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm
Clitocybe odora, 2021
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm, private collection
Lichen community growing on a pinecone, 2021
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm
Evernia prunastri e Ramalina sp. colonizing a cedar corn, 2021
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm
Frullania dilatata, 2021
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm, private collection
Hydenellum scrobitulatum, 2021
watercolour on paper
56 x 77 cm, private collection
Laetiporus sulphureus, 2021
watercolour on paper
56 x 77 cm
parmelina tilácea, 2021
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm, private collection
Physconia sp, 2021
watercolour on paper
56 x 77 cm, private collection
Schizophyllum, 2021
watercolour on paper
56 x 77 cm
Symbiosis, 2022
oil on linen
100 x 150 cm
Teloschistes chrysophtalmus, 2021
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm, private collection
Usnea sp., 2022
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm, private collection
Xanthoparmelia conspersa, 2022
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm, private collection
Xanthoria parietina, 2021
watercolour on paper
56 x 77 cm, private collection
Xanthoria parietina, 2022
watercolour on paper
77 x 56 cm