DORAi: Research in Progress There comes a moment when an artwork stops being only a painting, sculpture or installation and begins to ask a different question: what else can art become? This is one of the investigations taking place inside…
What Happens Before a Work of Art Exists There are moments when an artwork is already finished, yet no one can see it. It exists only as a feeling, a memory, or a quiet unrest that refuses to leave. My…
A State Before Silence There is a particular moment in the studio when the world outside disappears.The noise softens. Time loses precision. What remains is only the body, the surface, and the energy being transferred between them. This image captures…
The creation process behind the Energy Series Inside the studio, before any form exists, there is resistance. Iron does not yield easily.It demands heat, force, and intention. The Energy Series is not built.It is forged. Each piece begins as a…
DORAi: an AI art installation exploring memory, artificial intelligence and human consciousness TDORAi is an AI art installation by Brazilian artist Juca Máximo that explores the relationship between memory, artificial intelligence and human consciousness through contemporary art, sculpture and technology.…
The Silence of the Studio: Where Juca Máximo’s Works Begin marks that build us The studio is where everything begins. Before exhibitions, galleries and international art fairs, there is a silent space where ideas are still raw material. It is…
The marks that build us In the silence of the studio, when the canvases are still open on the table and the line remains raw, it becomes possible to notice something beyond the painting itself. There are moments when the…
Absence in Construction This installation is built through decisions. Iron is cut, arranged and welded not to form a closed volume, but to sustain what is not there. Each present element carries the weight of what has been removed. The…
A State of Energy It is not about the place where the work is made.It is about the state reached while making it. When painting a work from the Energy series, the gesture stops being a simple action and becomes…
Before the year turns Every true relationship is born from an invisible exchange. Not only from direct encounters, but from those subtle moments when something crosses us without asking permission. A gaze that slows us down. A gesture that lingers.…