Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Evil is provocative in many ways and has been widely analyzed by philosophers due to the ease with which the destructive option presents itself. In Western art, it has been reflected in sacred works as a mirror of ungodly actions, but it transcends faith, also infiltrating secular life, as Goya noted. In 2018, Graça Morais revisited the theme of the Metamorphoses of Humanity through several exhibitions. I then wrote a brief text on the drawings presented for the exhibition catalog at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, in 2019. This article continues that analysis, exploring how the abstraction of evil becomes concrete through proximity, and how drawing can foster a more intimate and empathetic vision.
Author: Emília Ferreira
Institutions: University of Lisbon, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405940752