All Beauty Must Die

The title of the show is a line of Nick Cave’s 1996 lyrics: Where the Wild Roses Grow.

In the space, we see photographs of youth in bewildered nature, in idyllic perfection. In the accompanying catalalogue, lines by rock-musicians and English romantic poets are quoted at once.

What connect Patrica Almeida’s photographs of youth celebrating (in) nature, the poetry of Keats, Wordsworh and William Blake and the lyrics of the Talking Heads?

With delicat tools, the artist attempts to compare the deterioration of youth and utopia.