Showtime diptych III
Filipe Branquinho
Showtime diptych III, 2012-2013
Photography, printed on Fine Art cotton smooth paper 310 g/m2, glued to Dibond Aluminium. 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm + 100 x 100 x 0,5 cm. Unique piece with these dimensions.
This artwork was previously exhibited at:
BES PHOTO, at Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal, from 17/04/2013 to 2/06/2013
BES PHOTO, at Instituo Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil, from 18/06/2013 to 11/08/2013
“Construyendo un país” exhibition, at CARRASCO gallery, Madrid, Spain, from 20(02/2020 to 25/07/2020
Showtime, by Filipe Branquinho, is a proposal to re-read the social experience of Mozambique. Showtime, the name given to the rooms rented by the hour in the Maputo traffic area, evokes the work of two Mozambican photography historians, José Cabral and Ricardo Rangel.
It is also in the continuation of the project Ocupações, in which Branquinho presents, in pose and large format - can we see Courbet ? - anonymous professionals, who are represented in their work context, surrounded by their tools and work equipment. The same dignity, through a pose representation, is given to sex professionals, with whom Branquinho establishes a close and trusting relationship, similar to a regular client, but here, the affiliation is fully satisfied by the possibility of capturing and working stories of women, through the photographic narrative.