1984 by Teresa Milheiro. Part of the 2nd Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial 2024

Exhibition / 20 May 2024 - 20 Jul 2024

Published: 21.05.2024

1984 by Teresa Milheiro. Part of the 2nd Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial 2024.

ZDB Gallery

: Rua da Barroca, 59
1200-047 - Lisbon
PORTUGAL

: Website ZDB Gallery; Website PIN Biennial; Instagram PIN Biennial; Instagram Teresa Milheiro

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Curator:: Natxo Checa, Manuel da Costa Cabral

Earrings: Pig’s Triumph by Teresa Milheiro.Silver. 2015.3 x 5 x 0.6 cm.Photo by: Gabriel ZellmeisterUnique piecePair €400.

Bracelet: Untitled by Teresa Milheiro.Cast glass. 2023.Photo by: Luis Cunha Pais.From series: PressureUnique piece

Object

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Necklace: The Eyes are Useless When the Mind is Blind by Teresa Milheiro. Blown glass and oxidized silver. 2024.13 x 17 x 3 cm. Long: 86 cm.Photo by: Luis Cunha Pais.From series: AlienationUnique piece

Necklace: Spy On I by Teresa Milheiro.Glass lenses for taillights, lacquered brass, rubber. 2021.30 x 12 x 5.5 cm. Long: 96 cm.Photo by: Luis Cunha PaisUnique piece

Object: Big Sucker by Teresa Milheiro.Resin with pigment, silicone and plated silver. 2010.4 x 5 x 29 cmUnique pieceThis work is an object to pierce on the body as a leech and an octopus. When the leech is pierced on the body it has a continuous blood sucking and the octopus has several tentacles to reach all the sources he wants. While the piece would be pierced in the body it would become larger. The concept of this work is based on the analogy between an animal that lives from sucking blood from another animal and the big power countries that are permanently sucking the natural riches from vulnerable countries leaving any chance for sustainable development. The black color is connected with the black gold (oil) and the search for these sources that supposedly becoming rare. The form of the object is connected with those animals that were above-mentioned with a big head in black resin that is the main center body and the big flexible legs to reach completely different points of search and with the gold needles on the end legs means just the countries with, money, power, technology, and knowledge can make the prospection from oil and the other riches (as gold, diamonds, etc). The elegance and perfection of the object form, means the political talk, is very correct, and very polite to control, dominate, and force the vulnerable countries to accept the rules. That seems to be a new form of colonialism. .

Body piece: Torture Vest by Teresa Milheiro.Oxidized forged copper and silver leaf. 1991.48 x 33 x 22 cm.From series: Torture jewelsUnique piece

Bracelet: Untitled by Teresa Milheiro.Slumping glass. 2023.Photo by: Luis Cunha PaisUnique piece

Teresa Milheiro
Earrings: Pig’s Triumph, 2015
Silver
3 x 5 x 0.6 cm
Photo by: Gabriel Zellmeister
Pair €400
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Estimated price: 250 €

Teresa Milheiro
Bracelet: Untitled, 2023
Cast glass
Photo by: Luis Cunha Pais
From series: Pressure
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Teresa Milheiro
Object: Pierced eyes, 1990
Chromed brass and recycled headphones
21 x 12.5 x 4 cm
Photo by: Luis Cunha Pais
Part of: Private Collection
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SOLD

Teresa Milheiro
Necklace: The Eyes are Useless When the Mind is Blind, 2024
Blown glass and oxidized silver
13 x 17 x 3 cm. Long: 86 cm
Photo by: Luis Cunha Pais
From series: Alienation
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Teresa Milheiro
Necklace: Spy On I, 2021
Glass lenses for taillights, lacquered brass, rubber
30 x 12 x 5.5 cm. Long: 96 cm
Photo by: Luis Cunha Pais
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Teresa Milheiro
Object: Big Sucker, 2010
Resin with pigment, silicone and plated silver
4 x 5 x 29 cm
This work is an object to pierce on the body as a leech and an octopus. When the leech is pierced on the body it has a continuous blood sucking and the octopus has several tentacles to reach all the sources he wants. While the piece would be pierced in the body it would become larger. The concept of this work is based on the analogy between an animal that lives from sucking blood from another animal and the big power countries that are permanently sucking the natural riches from vulnerable countries leaving any chance for sustainable development. The black color is connected with the black gold (oil) and the search for these sources that supposedly becoming rare. The form of the object is connected with those animals that were above-mentioned with a big head in black resin that is the main center body and the big flexible legs to reach completely different points of search and with the gold needles on the end legs means just the countries with, money, power, technology, and knowledge can make the prospection from oil and the other riches (as gold, diamonds, etc). The elegance and perfection of the object form, means the political talk, is very correct, and very polite to control, dominate, and force the vulnerable countries to accept the rules. That seems to be a new form of colonialism.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Teresa Milheiro
Body piece: Torture Vest, 1991
Oxidized forged copper and silver leaf
48 x 33 x 22 cm
From series: Torture jewels
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Teresa Milheiro
Bracelet: Untitled, 2023
Slumping glass
Photo by: Luis Cunha Pais
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Teresa Milheiro's work establishes the body as a place of the inescapable original conflict between the human being and its collective nature.

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Teresa Milheiro

Dates: From May 20 to July 20, 2024.
Opening: May 20, 2024.
18:00 — 00:00 / 6pm — 12am.

The bio-political instance, upon which violence, control, alienation, and obedience strike, resists the incompleteness of the fragile but sagacious subjectivity, dissatisfied with the docility of surviving and committed to wanting to be. Without documenting forty years of her career, the exhibition 1984 brings together existing and new works, staging, above all, the artist's dialogue with Orwellian dystopia.

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Lectures

/ 27Jun2024 - 29Jun2024
Royal Treasury Museum
Lisbon, Portugal

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Lisbon, Portugal

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Meeting

/ 20Jun2024 - 30Jun2024
Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal

ZDB Gallery

: Rua da Barroca, 59
1200-047 - Lisbon
PORTUGAL

: Website ZDB Gallery; Website PIN Biennial; Instagram PIN Biennial; Instagram Teresa Milheiro

Mail:: bienalpin.pt

Curator:: Natxo Checa, Manuel da Costa Cabral

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