A natureza detesta linhas rectas

Over the last two decades, Gabriela Albergaria has found in gardens and their history a basis for thinking about how the representation of nature governs our understanding of it, and also how such representations reveal the historical and political consequences of European colonialism and expansion. Albergaria?s sculptures, installations, photographs, and drawings embody the artist?s systematic reflection on the taming of nature as recorded in eighteenth-century botanical gardens, introductions of non-native plant species, and other ecosystemic modifications. Her creations aim to reveal the historical and perceptual aspects of human appropriations and manipulations of the plant world over the centuries. This anthological publication follows closely the many chapters of her artistic journey.00Exhibition: Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal (06.04. - 27.06.2021).