O Lençol de 1989

“Some say that there is considerable contrast in Diez’s work, with a very harsh light. I say that the artist does not work with half-tones; the image is raw. Some think that Diez’s work has a strong connection to psychological questions. I think that the artist does not mince her words; the truth is naked. We can classify artists by style and this gives them free rein to abuse the chosen aesthetic. We can define artists by poetics and this gives them the sovereignty to reaffirm the question defended in art. An artist’s work is consolidated gradually,

insofar as we understand it in style and in poetics. We are talking about permanence and Sylvia has been putting together, in such a short space of time, a list of works that are milestones along her route, showing us our vulnerability and her impatience. Artists need to produce in order to show us that we are fleeting,

incomplete, enduring… impermanent. So we will record the present, reinventing the past and persevering to create a future… and transform ourselves forever – even if that is only when we are with her!””

lucrécia couso