Emanuel de Carvalho
High metal snake, 2022
Oil and liquid metal acrylic on linen
25 x 70 cm
9 3/4 x 27 1/2 in
9 3/4 x 27 1/2 in
Emanuel De Carvalho is an artist living and working in London. He completed the Turps Banana Art School Studio Programme (2020 – 2022), before studying MA Painting at Royal College Of Art (2023). His work documents political changes, especially acknowledging the shift towards non-categorisation of gender identities. “Many of my paintings reflect on mortality and the passing of time while drawing associations between queer and mental states of being,” he notes. “I feel that I have an obligation to redress the scarcity of representation of queer bodies and scenes from art historical canons.” In this regard, Emanuel’s paintings represent otherness, “works where objects and bodies carry an intensity that aims to gaze back at the view and trigger their own constructs about gender and identity.”. Right now, he’s most interested in documenting political changes, especially acknowledging the shift towards non-categorisation of gender identities. “Many of my paintings reflect on mortality and the passing of time, while drawing associations between queer and mental states of being,” he notes. “I feel that I have an obligation to redress the scarcity of representation of queer bodies and scenes from art historical canons.” In this regard, Emanuel’s paintings represent otherness, “works where objects and bodies carry an intensity that aims to gaze back at the view and trigger their own constructs about gender and identity.”