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In her series “Air Drawings”, Frida Baranek uses discarded industrial materials, such as rusted wire and metal sheets, that appear to be salvaged from demolition sites. At the same time, the cloud-like configuration of the work suggests natural phenomena, like swirling dust devils or even fragile nests. Both brutal and delicate, Baranek’s installation comments on the precariousness of social and political structures in Brazil during the late 1980s, when the country returned to democracy after years of military dictatorships.