Austin Martin White
The Lie, the larp and the lusophile
11 SEP – 17 OCT 2026
Opening – 10 SEP 2026, 6–10 pm
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Austin Martin White © Austin Martin White. Courtesy the artist and Capitain Petzel, Berlin. Ph: Matthew Dodd |
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Capitain Petzel is pleased to announce The Lie, the larp and the lusophile, Austin Martin White’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, spanning its entire exhibition space.
Austin Martin White
Prophet3(Amos), 2026
Rubber, pigment, spray paint, vinyl, screen mesh, polyethylene film
Aluminum artist’s frame
254 x 127 cm
100 x 50 inches
© Austin Martin White. Courtesy the artist and Capitain Petzel, Berlin. Ph: Matthew Dodd
Austin Martin White
Prophet1(Hosea), 2026 (detail)
Rubber, pigment, spray paint, vinyl, screen mesh, polyethylene film
Aluminum artist’s frame
254 x 127 cm
100 x 50 inches
© Austin Martin White. Courtesy the artist and Capitain Petzel, Berlin. Ph: Matthew Dodd
Drawing on the legacy of the Brazilian Baroque sculptor Antônio Francisco Lisboa (c. 1738—1814), known as Aleijadinho, whose biography has long oscillated between documented history and national myth, White presents portraits of the artist alongside depictions of his prophet sculptures at the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos in Congonhas. Other paintings draw on the woodcut covers of literatura de cordel, the popular printed booklets of Northeastern Brazil in which folklore, religion, politics, and history converge.
Working with a variety of media including polyethylene film, screen mesh, pigment, rubber, vinyl, and spray paint, White investigates the construction of historical memory, exploring postcolonial histories and the ways images shape cultural narratives while examining the unstable relationship between historical fact, national myth, and cultural identity.
