The Dryads & Fauns series of photographs draws on classical European painting. Cássio VASCONCELLOS has produced photomontages by combining tropical forest landscapes from his series "A Picturesque Voyage through Brazil" with academic nudes from the 19th century. He will search in the collections of the largest museums in the world (MoMA, Musée d’Orsay, Museum of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro ...) as well as within private art collections. Through these photomontages Cássio VASCONCELLOS personifies woods and watercourses and reappropriates a pictorial heritage while paying homage to it.
In Jerry UELSMANN’s photographs, roots play a central role. The house or the nest, symbols of home, births, life, always depend on the roots. The latter dig into the ground for their subsistence. However, the basement is traditionally associated with the kingdom of the dead. Many civilizations, including our own, bury their dead. By giving this primordial role to the roots, Jerry UELSMANN emphasizes the idea of the cycle of life and the interdependence between the dead and the living.
