October 22 to 26, 2025
Palais Brongniart – Paris
For its participation in the third edition of THEMA, OJO Gallery presents two emblematic creations: PIETRA and TERRE MÊLÉE; works that embody the gallery’s dialogue between contemporary art, material intelligence, and artisanal savoir-faire.
PIETRA, born from the collaboration between a contemporary artist, a master craftsman, and the curatorship of Marie de Carvalho, explores the equilibrium between form, balance, and gesture. Carved in travertine, the sculpture reveals a totemic verticality where gravity meets grace. A central reddish sphere introduces contrast and rhythm, evoking both anthropomorphic and abstract presences. An exclusive version in Verde de Viana marble, created for a private collector, extends this exploration of texture and tension.
TERRE MÊLÉE, a hybrid ceramic object crafted in Portugal, continues this investigation through the language of stoneware. Between sculptural presence and functional design, the piece is shaped by hand and fired multiple times at high temperature, allowing the material to express its density, robustness, and chromatic depth. Each glaze, each imperfection, tells the story of fire, patience, and gesture.
Together, these works reflect OJO Gallery’s mission to bridge tradition and contemporaneity, celebrating natural materials, the precision of handmade craft, and the poetry that emerges when human touch meets raw matter.
a unique travertine sculpture, with an exclusive version in “verde de viana” for a private collector.
This singular piece is the result of an unprecedented collaboration between a contemporary artist, a master craftman, and the curatorship of Marie de Carvalho. The sculpture explores the relationship between form, balance, and texture, combining minimalism aesthetics with the natural richness of stone.
OJO Gallery’s curator, Marie de Carvalho, closely supervised that Every detail of the sculpture respected both the artist’s vision and the artesanal savoir-faire. Additionally, Mathilde Brunelet contributed to the Project with a paper drawing, which served as a creative foundation for the piece’s development.
The sculpture stands out for the juxtaposition of sculpted elements that balance vertically, creating a totemic silhouette that evokes anthropomorphic and abstract forms. At the center of the composition, a reddish travertine sphere adds visual tension and contrast, reinforcing the dynamism of the piece.
The addition to this unique travertine piece, an exclusive version was created for a private collector, sculpted in “Verde de Viana”, a rare and noble marble extracted from Portuguese quarries. This exclusive variation underscores OJO Gallery’s commitment to offering personalized works in close dialogue with collectors and art and design enthusiasts. With this creation, OJO continues to bridge contemporary art and artesanal savoir-faire, valuing natural materials and traditional techniques reinterpreted through the vision of artists. OJO Gallery reaffirms its mission to foster the intersection of contemporary art and craftsmanship, emphasizing natural materials and traditional techniques reinvented by artists.
12th of November 18h00 – 20h00
Rua de Sao Bernardo 9A & B. Lisboa
In the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, the Huni Kuin people are undergoing a profound process of cultural and spiritual rebirth.
After centuries of colonisation, slavery and repression, the community is reaffirming its existence by reconnecting with its roots, its language and its sacred relationship with nature.
‘Eskawata Kayawai,’ an expression that means the spirit of transformation, names and summarises this movement of return to ancestry, a process of resistance that reaffirms the power of memory and spirituality as forces of reconstruction.
The images presented in this project were born from a month spent living with the Huni Kuin people. More than a documentary record,
this work proposes a dialogue between tradition and contemporaneity, observing how the past is projected into the present and how culture reinvents itself in order to survive.
We are proud to be part of the AD magazine article for the Lisbon Design Week.
