In his second solo exhibition at Vermelho, Carlos Motta occupies the gallery’s facade with one of his Gravidade drawings, a two-part project consisting of a fragmented graphite drawing and a 14-minute video, commissioned by Vermelho and produced in São Paulo. The drawing depicts humans urgently caring for one another. The figures hold, carry, and drag each other carefully, visibly struggling with the weight of the bodies, yet determined to help one another persist in the midst of a barren desert where only a few patches of green grass suggest the hope of survival.

In his second solo exhibition at Vermelho, Carlos Motta occupies the gallery’s facade with one of his Gravidade drawings, a two-part project consisting of a fragmented graphite drawing and a 14-minute video, commissioned by Vermelho and produced in São Paulo. The drawing depicts humans urgently caring for one another. The figures hold, carry, and drag each other carefully, visibly struggling with the weight of the bodies, yet determined to help one another persist in the midst of a barren desert where only a few patches of green grass suggest the hope of survival.