Cecília Lima
Postcards from BR 060 Road
Series
2021–2023
Paintings
Gouache and oil paint on Hahnemühle 230g/m paper
10.5 x 15.5 cm each

Series of paintings on postcards. During a car trip from Brasília to Goiânia in 2021, drawings were made of trucks or car remains on the side of the road. A postcard usually depicts a tourist spot or a cultural and historical heritage of great relevance to the local community or even to humanity. The series of road postcards, however, features trucks or parts of cars observed for only a few minutes at 90-120 km/h on a highway, capturing something in the middle of a journey that is no longer there. After 2 years, the drawings were painted, without any prior notes, only with the colors and tones that remained in the memory of this trip and these inverted monuments.