The ceramic and resin pieces of Ciane Xavier (b.1987) revel and rebel in pop. The disconnections are presented as full profiles of characters playing out plastic narratives. They are reproducible, verily, but it is through the choices of Xavier to compose, break down, and edit forms and contexts that we see a unique vision amidst the conveniences of the readymades. Xavier hails from Brazil and has been a globe-trotter. Professionally she has studied interior design and eventually self-taught as a visual artist. Her paintings and sculptures depict multi-culturality and nuances of migration as they “explore the boundaries of today’s society, touching upon globalization and the distractions of the millennial era.”
Ciane Xavier is from a small town in the South of Brazil. Since her teenage years, she has lived in more than 14 countries, which helped shape much of what she is today. Her first passion was to explore the immense diversity of cultures around the world during her stint as a fashion model.
Ciane discovered her inner artist while she was doodling the walls of her new apartment in the Philippines. She drew freely without any hesitations, daydreaming about her life experiences and materializing her deep personal emotions.
She realized that her soul was the real artist and her hands were the bridge between the two different worlds. Following her childhood passion for drawing and emerging herself into the art scene was a huge turning point in her life.
Since then, she has taught herself how to paint and sculpt, learning about how to work with various materials and integrating them into her work. Through Pop Culture, Ciane explores the boundaries of today’s society by touching upon globalization and the distractions of the millennial Era. Her characters serve as an exploration of the human soul, symbolizing power, fragility, vulnerability, and eternity while retaining a sense of vagueness to encourage dialogue and question the thoughts of the viewer.
In works about humanism and transhumanism, she shows the blending of machines with the biology of humans. About the importance of human life with the nature of caring deeply about things that directly impact one’s self.
Ciane believes that before we learn to be post-human or transhuman we need to learn to be human.
