At Le Jardin Selva, the exhibition "Respiração da Terra", a solo presentation by Denise Milan curated by Marc Pottier, unfolds through sculptures and photo collages from the series Mist of the Earth (2012), extending into the Art Library and along sections of the entrance walls. It is a path where myth, science, and poetry intertwine.

Inspired by a time when matter and consciousness were one, Denise — a visionary artist, poised between alchemist and shaman — explores the invisible pulsations that sustain life. In her practice, bronze, stones, fossils, and crystals are not transformed but revealed, guided by a luminous intuition. Her visual works are often accompanied by verses, articulated through a language that connects the infinitely small to the infinitely vast.

The journey begins with the installation "Olhar Mater", already integrated into the garden’s entrance, from which five new sculptures unfold across different outdoor areas. This trajectory expands the initial narrative and leads visitors on an existential journey guided by stromatolites — fossils dating back approximately 3.5 billion years, witnesses to the earliest organisms capable of oxygenic photosynthesis and responsible for the emergence of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere. Their name, derived from ancient Greek (strôma, “layer,” and líthos, “stone”), refers to laminated biosedimentary rocks formed by microbial activity since the Precambrian era.

"Respiração da Terra" invites visitors to traverse the planet’s mineral memory, in a sensitive encounter with the vital energy that flows through matter and inhabits us.

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