WITH THE HOUSE ON MY BACK
Works from the Serralves Collection and the Artist's Collection
Carla Filipe
20.01 - 06.04. 2025
Following some of Carla Filipe's (Aveiro, 1973) main lines of research, this exhibition presents works from the Serralves Collection and the artist's own collection that are closely related to the railway universe and the notion of travel in a broad sense, as wandering and migration, a form of evasion and subsistence. Works from the beginning of the artist's career and iconic works that have indelibly marked her practice are presented, as well as some works that have never been shown before and others that have been purposely rethought for this exhibition at Forum Arte Braga.
With the house on her back reflects the nomadic nature of the artist's work, bringing together works conceived at different times and places, between 2005 and 2021, in Portugal and as part of artistic residencies abroad. Between drawing and word, fragment and symbol, experience and memory, Carla Filipe's practice transforms the exhibition space into a place in movement, open to new meanings and claims, where history is never simple, unique or linear.
This exhibition, curated by Joana Valsassina, is part of the Serralves Collection's Itinerant Exhibitions Program, which aims to make the Foundation's collection accessible to diverse audiences in all regions of the country.