Rajaa Paixão, Rhizomatic Writing in Sculptural Terms
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management is pleased to present Rhizomatic Writing in Sculptural Terms, a solo exhibition of contemporary sculptures and Art & Language drawings by Rajaa Paixão. Doctoral art inquiry including practice-related research with its various terminologies has evolved drastically in the last decade and continues to steer away from models borrowed from other fields of knowledge. Despite some universities offering courses culminating in artefacts that speak for themselves without a mandatory exegesis, written documentation is compulsory at the majority of academic institutions around the world. With post-qualitative research stemming from feelings, experiences and ideas, the voice of the artist-writer is still required to conform to the rigid format of the traditional dissertation structure, template, and development order. Oftentimes, constructing a probe around (a) specific theorist(s), or arguing to answer pre-formulated questions or ‘problems’ demanded by the discourse of research maps the artistic process and limits the originality of the exploration. What does the written thesis look like for authors whose dissertation is essential to the research when hypotheses and theories are gradually constructed following unfolding lines of thought that generate new ideas? The exhibition provides a missing link between the development of artworks in the studio and the written text. It establishes a transition by presenting a visual interpretation of a research methodology in the arts
May 15 - June 15, 2024
ISEG, Convento das Inglesinhas, Rua do Quelhas, No 6, Lisbon,
Lisbon 1200-781 Portugal
