Flávio Cerqueira’s Amnésia is a sculpture that turns forgetting into something physical and unsettling. Ele often works with cast bronze, capturing everyday gestures and giving them an emotional weight. In Amnésia, the figure pours water over its own head, as if trying to wash something away — memory, identity, or a story that refuses to stay still. The water never becomes visible, but the action is frozen, eternally repeating a desire to erase. The piece ends up speaking about Brazil’s own cycles of remembering and forgetting, especially regarding social wounds that return when not confronted.

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