To receive flowers is to be worthy of affection. In the Women of Color Don’t Receive Flowers series, Panmela paints flowers that known and unknown people have given to her..
It is a gathering of paintings dedicated to her “untiring search for affection”, in which the flowers are named after the person that gifted Panmela with the flower. Panmela paints all the flowers she receives, because she feels that if she doesn’t paint, she is rejecting someone’s affection.
The title of the series refer to theories related to the “Loneliness of the Woman of Color”, developed by authors like Ana Cláudia Lemos Pacheco, Claudete Alves da Silva Souza, Bell Hooks and the Gabriela Moura’s original phrase that went viral on Facebook a while ago.
It is a gathering of paintings dedicated to her “untiring search for affection”, in which the flowers are named after the person that gifted Panmela with the flower. Panmela paints all the flowers she receives, because she feels that if she doesn’t paint, she is rejecting someone’s affection.
The title of the series refer to theories related to the “Loneliness of the Woman of Color”, developed by authors like Ana Cláudia Lemos Pacheco, Claudete Alves da Silva Souza, Bell Hooks and the Gabriela Moura’s original phrase that went viral on Facebook a while ago.
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Panmela CastroAdemar Britto's flowers, Women of Color Don't Receive Flowers, 2021Oil on canvas70 x 50 x 8 cm
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Panmela CastroCarollina Lauriano´s flowers, Women of Color Don´t Receive Flowers series, 2021Oil on linen27,5 x 50 x 8 cm
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Panmela CastroRaquel and Josene´s flowers, Women of Color Don´t Receive Flowers series, 2021Oil on canvas30 x 40 x 2 cm
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Panmela CastroVulcanica Pokaropka´s flowers, Women of Color Don´t Receive Flowers series, 2022Oil on canvas70 x 50 x 8 cm
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Panmela CastroVivi Villanova´s flowers, Women of Color Don´t Receive Flowers series, 2022Oil on canvas70 x 50 x 8 cm
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Panmela CastroAdemar Marinho´s flowers, Women of Color Don´t Receive Flowers series, 2021Oil on canvas70 x 50 x 4 cm