Jardim das fragilidades II

Jardim das fragilidades II (Gardens of Fragilities II) is a portrait of a young man in a wide straw hat and an open shirt, looking directly out of the picture while dense flowers rise around his shoulders and fill the space behind him. The entire composition is drawn in black and white.

In Ritchelly Oliveira’s garden works, flowers hold a figure and swallow it at the same time. At 150 cm the face is life size, and the charcoal sustains its near-photographic detail across the whole surface, from the weave of the hat to each petal.

Unique work, charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 150 × 120 cm (59.1 × 47.2 in). Born in Brazil in 1993 and trained in Visual Arts at the Federal University of Goiás, Ritchelly Oliveira has worked with the human figure since 2012. In 2015 he began the series Lacunas (Gaps) by asking people to talk about past relationships and what they understood love to be, and that practice of listening remains underneath the work. His work has been exhibited in Goiânia, Berlin, Miami, New York and Los Angeles, including the solo exhibition Fragility at La Brea Studio in 2023, and has appeared in international art publications such as Beautiful Bizarre.

Available for private viewing at Tilsitt Gallery in Porto, or worldwide delivery upon inquiry.