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Burning in water, drowning in flame (Mystery Edition)

Tamara Alves

These editions are released as part of The Studio, a five-week programme of artist residencies at Underdogs. At the time of purchase, the final image of each edition is intentionally not revealed. The visuals shown on this page are blurred, as the works are still in progress.

During their residencies at Underdogs, the artists will intervene on the editions in direct dialogue with the pieces they develop in the gallery. What you are acquiring is a work that continues to evolve over time. The final versions of all editions will be revealed on 15 May, at the opening of The Studio exhibition, as well as online.

 

Edition of /30
Risograph print on paper
Hand-finished, signed and numbered by the artist
42 × 29.7 cm
2026

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Regular price €150 EUR
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Tamara Alves is a Lisbon-based Portuguese visual artist whose practice spans over twenty years, working across drawing, painting, installation and public interventions. Rooted in urban culture and driven by a raw, poetic language, her work explores instinct, desire and the emotional intensity of human experience, often through symbolic human and animal figures.

Tamara Alves maintains a long-standing collaboration with Underdogs, including her recent solo exhibition And Your Flesh Becomes a Poem (2025), along with several other exhibitions, edition releases and public art projects. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and institutions, as well as through extensive public interventions in Portugal and abroad.

This edition explores the coexistence of opposing states within the body and the emotional experience. Starting from a restrained portrait, the introduction of unstable, dripping gestures and smudges creates a tension between control and loss.

The red, in contrast to the greys, acts as a disruptive element, bringing intensity to the image. The title, inspired by a poem by Charles Bukowski, reinforces this paradoxical condition, where different forces intersect within the same body.

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