Susy Gomez - “ Reactivaction” - Xenia Lesniewski
Reactivation is an exhibition that stems from the previous one. Through the act of reactivating, it brings presence on one hand, and on the other, evokes the absence of the works that are no longer there. Two solo exhibitions are juxtaposed: on one hand, the solo exhibition of Susy Gómez, which enters into dialogue with the remnants of the previous exhibition by Xenia Lesniewski. At the center, a piece split in half in the form of a bed—breathing in cycles, holding within it a breath. A site-specific work, or rather a site-responsive one, it brings to mind the presence of a body, the poetics of everyday politics, the intimacy of the personal as political.
Reactivation is a place of intimacy, where the pain that moves through the two forces of life—Eros and Thanatos—is traversed by our creative capacity to reactivate innocence, to begin again, and again, each day. Curated by Oscar Florit, the exhibition places two solo presentations within a framework that resonates with this organic energy, inviting us to be permeated by it—to listen, to breathe with it.
In Reactivation, historical works from Susy’s artistic practice come together—from a Cavall Bernat sculpture modeled in 1993 to drawings from 2025, large-format photographs, and a recently reconfigured site-specific installation inspired by a drawing made in 1993.
The architecture of the space has also been reactivated. The gallery, the exhibition—it becomes a place for new beginnings. A place that remembers. That carries forward the past, quietly, without forgetting.
Zé Ortigão