In Jaildo Marinho’s mural works, the segments created by the stretched threads symbolically join two colours and link two planes that were a priori separate. The lines drawn through the space not only cast shadows, but also encourage us to change our perspective. The curiosity of the eye is aroused, and the eye is called upon to discover what was previously hidden behind the foreground. Other colours are revealed.
In the centre, “Soleil” (Sun) gives a straightforward name to the star that has fascinated mankind for thousands of years. Framed in white marble, yellow Plexiglas beams are arranged at an angle. But when the orientation of these rays is reversed in the middle of the room, we are left to wonder about the direction of the light. Depending on the yellow colour painted inside the marble in which they are held, the Plexiglas rods move from back to front and then from front to back – once again blurring perception – creating a specific space at its centre. Like the distended bars of a gilded prison, this piece evokes a skylight through which the viewer’s gaze becomes even more emancipated.