Oscar D’Ambrosio
The poetics of Ilka Lemos exhibit is to deal, through various materials, such as paintings and ceramic sculptures, with different interpretations and symbols that arise around Lilith, referred to in the Jewish Kabbalah as Adam's first wife. Also accused of being a manifestation associated with the snake that tempted Eve into eating the forbidden fruit, Lilith was expelled from the Garden of Eden, thus becoming the Mother of all Demons.
On realizing she was created from the same flesh as Adam, she rebelled against God and refused to be sexually submissive to her male equal. In doing so, Lilith was protesting against the patriarchal system, and when depicted in drawing, painting or sculpture, the myth of Lilith sends a warning signal against all kinds of authoritarianism.
The fabric that weaves together Ilka's work in this project is drawing. With her keen eye for the extraordinary and the ability to express her art through diverse materials such as paper, canvas and sculpture, Ilka not only displays maturity but also proposes a cliché-free rapport with the world. In her works, Ilka Lemos often draws live models and from that image produces several drawings to further crystallize them on canvases painted with acrylic paint. She also uses other three-dimensional materials like ceramic, thus developing a line of thought that opposes any kind of conformism or submission, characterized by free-thinking and free-speaking.
