‘Porte’ [‘Possession’] is the first Raphael Escobar’s solo show in ten years.
Curated by Germano Dushá, the show is the result of a research developed by the artist since 2017 that consists of a collection of photographs published on social networks of civil and military police officers displaying seizures for drug possession.
The images collected follow a specific pattern: although the seizures are justified by the possession of drugs, the publications reveal the existence of a tiny or nonexistent amount of illicit substances. What appear are objects such as pipes, antennas, chains, money in change, watches, scissors, knives, and herb grinders.
To construct the show, Escobar uses the materiality of these objects to question the police's version of these stories.
