We, Brazilians, inhabit a country “blessed by God and rich in natural beauty,”, as the musician Jorge Ben Jor has emphasized. Brazil is home to the largest tropical rainforest in the world, the Amazon, and also contains the largest reserve of drinking water on the planet. Unfortunately, we do not know how long we’ll be able to preserve these natural treasures of humanity. With each passing day, it becomes more evident that our life on Earth depends on the time of water.

Since 2022, I have been following the ongoing development of the visual artist Vera Reichert. During this period, we carried out the project “Water mirrors” which presents an overview of her recent poetic production in her home state of Rio Grande do Sul. Is the state where the climate tragedy of unprecedented floods occurred in May of this year.

Vera also exhibited this series of works at the Cultural Center of the Caixa Econômica Federal in São Paulo and at the Museum of Art in Brasília, where her works continue to be visited.

Over the past four decades, the artist, who practices scuba diving and underwater photography, has tirelessly worked to raise environmental awareness about the importance of water in the life of the planet and our own existence. Her artistic expressions unfold in various media, predominantly photography, which shapes her perspective on the different ways of seeing water. For Vera, water is more than a theme; it is the source of all life. In the exposition ABOUT WATER, she presents, among other works, 21 “pearls” that depict the surfaces of fresh water lagoons in southern Brazil, her territory of origin and research. Additionally, she exhibits 20 faucets with crystal drops that symbolize, as “contemporary springs,” the greatest rivers in the world.

But does life on Earth not also depend on the time of water? In this exhibition in New York, at the Kate Oh Gallery, we seek to update the sense of humanity taught by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, applied to caring for our planet: “what we do is a drop in the ocean, but without that drop, the ocean would be smaller”.