Speaking Truth to Power

2020 to present

Solo show at Oscar Cruz Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil 2012

Driven by a desire to explore questions unaddressed by traditional academic art theory, this practice draws from deep research in philosophy and poetry, translating the work of radical thinkers into monumental, color-saturated text paintings and public murals. By bringing obscure, controversial, or anti-consumerist literary works into public spaces, the series invites viewers to bypass passive consumption and instead actively complete the artwork through their own internal imagery and dialogue. Over more than twenty years, this evolving body of work has expanded from a homage to Lawrence Ferlinghetti into the ongoing project Speaking Truth to Power, which centers the words of women, BIPOC, Latinx, and LGBTQIA thinkers challenging systemic oppression, from colonialism and patriarchy to advanced capitalism. Ultimately, these large-scale text installations function as a vital public archive, preserving and circulating the defiant ideas of writers like bell hooks, Paulo Freire, Hannah Arendt, and Ailton Krenak to foster collective reflection and social critique.