Maria Fernanda Cardoso

Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino proudly presents María Fernanda Cardoso: On the Origins of Art. This is Cardoso’s second solo exhibition and third group exhibition at the gallery. The opening reception with the artist will take place on Friday, September 14, 6–8pm.

On the Origins of Art will feature a single channel HD video and two large-scale pigment prints that “document and display irrefutable proof of artistic virtuosity in one of the tiniest of the jumping spiders, the Maratus species from Australia, commonly known as peacock spiders.” Cardoso believes biological aesthetics are the basis of visual and performance art. “Being selective in choosing a mate originated song, dance and visual display in many species, including us.” To Cardoso, “these spiders are as sophisticated as any of the most skilled visual and performance (human) artists, except that they are miniscule, only 4 mm big, so tiny that we can hardly see them”. Her prints show the spiders at actual size, as well as enlarged by one hundred thousand times.