Maria Nepomuceno: "Dentro e fora infinitamente" is open now at @scadmoa! This solo exhibition of recent and significant work by @maria.nepomuceno is on view through December 26. Across decades, Maria Nepomuceno has developed a collaborative and generative relationship with a group of female artisans in northeast Brazil renowned for weaving carnauba palm straw, native to the region, into functional objects. Nepomuceno has experimented with this medium, inventing new shapes, patterns, and forms that incorporate traditional techniques while also integrating more unconventional materials such as beads, raw clay, ceramic, resin, and rope. Emerging through the evolution of this labor-intensive method, the resulting works oscillate between collage, painting, and sculpture. Reflecting the spirit of Nepomuceno’s practice, with references to Brazilian flora and fauna, each woven structure appears as its own complete and beautifully balanced ecosystem, made up of a seemingly endless and complex network of interconnected and overflowing elements. Several recent works on view engage the architecture of the window, and relate to the longing for movement and connection between internal and external, indoor and outdoor, that Nepomuceno experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image: Maria Nepomuceno, "Out of the window 2," 2021, straw, beads, clay, paper, wood, glass, iron. Image courtesy of SCAD Museum of Art. #MariaNepomuceno