BÁRBARA ASSIS PACHEGO

Portugal, 1973

GALERIA MONUMENTAL

“Doing what I do wasn’t a conscious decision or choice, it has happened.
I was always fond of animals but I didn’t go to Veterinary because I would never be able to practice medical acts. As I always drew (and I am a privileged, I know that), I followed that way and ended up doing this.
What I draw is the result of seeing the world as a cabinet de curiositus, I think I can sum it up like this.
The supports and materials I use come to me (of course I would like to be able to paint big canvases and draw huge paper rolls all the time) and more and more I feel free to use everything.
Parallel to the cabinet de curiosities, self-ironic series appear, ugly, brute and poignant because I have to do it and because that’s what is available.
Alongside all this and once in a while I make swimming-pools because I find them beautiful and attractive (and they are easy to use, have no red flag, one can see the bottom and there are no algae, aspects that count and remain from childhood fears).
Finally, I like to romanticize Gauguin’s journey in Tahiti and I admire his courage.
Oh, and I would like to know how to paint seriously.”
Bárbara Assis Pacheco