The Silvia Cintra + Box 4 Gallery announces “Bordas da Tarde” (Edges of the Afternoon), the second solo exhibition by artist Felipe Cohen in its space. The show opens on October 22nd, from 7 PM to 10 PM, and will remain on view until November 19th.

“Bordas da Tarde” deepens Felipe Cohen’s investigation into the relationship between the passage of time and landscape, a central axis in his production. The exhibition gathers a set of four sculptural works in stone, glass, and wood, and ten acrylic on canvas paintings, presented in two distinct dimensions, all of which are unprecedented.

Cohen’s work in this exhibition explores the intersection between landscape and temporality. Recurring visual elements, such as forms resembling hourglasses and valleys, are employed in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional compositions. The repetition of the “X” or rhombus shape establishes a modular vocabulary that seeks to materialize abstract phenomena – such as time and the atmospheric sensations derived from the effects of light in space.

In the paintings, the constructive approach to space is defined by edges and contours. These elements, with variations in brightness and tonality relative to their backgrounds, suggest different depths and topographies. The pictorial research articulates from four conceptual components: solid, atmospheric, luminous, and liquid, delineating valley landscapes through a rigorous formal structure.

The sculptures complement this research, translating the same modular formal language into materials such as stone, glass, and wood. The material selection intensifies the dialogue with nature and with the perception of passage, exploring the interactions between density, transparency, and form.

“Bordas da Tarde” proposes an exhibition journey that invites the observation of the frontiers between the tangible and the conceptual, through the systematization of forms and the exploration of matter.

Felipe Cohen (born in São Paulo, 1976) has a trajectory marked by the exploration of objects, landscapes, and the experience of time, through installations, sculptures, and paintings. His work establishes a conceptual dialogue with materiality and perception, consolidating his position in the Brazilian contemporary art scene. Among his solo exhibitions, highlights include those held at Millan, São Paulo (2013, 2016, and 2019); Sol que abre o céu (Sun that opens the sky), at Silvia Cintra + Box 4 (2022); at Capela do Morumbi, São Paulo (2013); at Centro Universitário Maria Antonia, São Paulo (2006); among other spaces.

Among the group exhibitions he participated in are Earth and Sky, SMoCA, Scottsdale, United States (2023); Tempo Imenso, Casa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo (2023); Pinacoteca: acervo, Pinacoteca de São Paulo (2020); Passado/Futuro/Presente: Arte contemporânea brasileira no acervo do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, MAM São Paulo (2019), and Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, United States (2017); Troposphere, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China (2017); Geometria Afetiva, SESC Bom Retiro, São Paulo (2016); Deserto-Modelo “as above, so below”, Harold St. Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2015); Ouro – um fio que costura a arte no Brasil, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (2014); Imagine Brazil – Artists Books, Musee d’art contemporain de Lyon, France (2014), and Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway (2013); 8th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre (2011); Nouvelles de São Paulo, L’École Nationale Supérieure de Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France (2009); among others.

He was nominated for the PIPA award and was a finalist for the CNI SESI Marcantonio Vilaça Award (2011). He received the illy SustainArt Award, ARCO Fair, Madrid, Spain (2016); Atos Visuais – Funarte, Brasília (2007), and Fiat Mostra Brasil, São Paulo (2006). His works are part of important collections, including the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil; MAM São Paulo, Brazil; and Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR, Brazil.

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Exhibition: “Bordas da Tarde” (Edges of the Afternoon), solo exhibition by Felipe Cohen

Opening: October 22nd, 2025, from 6 PM to 9 PM

Visiting Period: October 23rd to November 19th, 2025

Venue: Galeria Silvia Cintra + Box 4

Address: Rua das Acácias, 104 – Gávea, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22.451-060

Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, from 10 AM to 7 PM; Saturday, by prior appointment only. Contact: galeria@silviacintra.com.br or +55 (21) 2521-0426

Website: www.silviacintra.com.br