“Prata à Lua” [Silver to Moon] is Joana da Conceição’s second solo exhibition at Lehmann gallery.

Joana da Conceição (b. 1981, Porto) develops an artistic practice rooted in painting and music — two languages that intertwine and nourish each other in her work, creating sensory ecosystems in which image and sound coexist organically.

In this exhibition, the artist draws on the human capacity to establish analogies — an essential tool of language and thought — to reflect on how we perceive, organise, and represent the world.

Inspired by the Pioneer space probes, which silently journey into the unknown carrying coded messages from humanity, she constructs an aesthetic proposal that questions how we navigate reality. Constellations and stars highlight the celestial sphere as a cultural construct: a temporary map for understanding the universe and ourselves.

This exhibition thus problematises the complexity of perception and representation, questions the idea of fixed individual identity, and celebrates the human body as a porous system, interconnected with the environment and in constant transformation — even at the atomic level.