HOES, sculpture series, since 2009

Regular farmers’ hoes covered in pink faux fur shift a tool of labor and extraction toward softness, sensuality, ornament, and pleasure.

First conceived in 2009, these works displace a tool associated with labor and extraction, transforming it into a tactile surface that invites sensual interaction. Through this shift in material and context, the hoe oscillates between utility and ornament, violence and softness, work and pleasure. The gesture operates through minimal intervention, allowing the object’s form to carry its own symbolic tension while opening it to new modes of engagement.

The series has circulated across different contexts, including extended display within a local LGBTQ+ dance club - where it became subject to repeated attempts of theft. Subsequent iterations have continued to rework the object, including a series produced for a solo exhibition at Sala Edi Bahlod, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), in Criciúma, Brazil (2022), curated by Maurício Bittencourt.

Exhibitions

• 2022 - Deflagração, solo show. Sala Edi Balod - UNESC, Criciúma, Brazil.

• 2011 - Tudo que é vivo incomoda, curated group show. Galeria do SESC, Joinville, Brazil.

• 2009 - SESC Pretexto, Galeria Municipal de Arte Victor Kursancew. Curated group show. Joinville, Brazil.