In an attempt to conceptually distance herself from the obsessive activity of collecting and organising, the artist has created a fictional and anonymous character, who is a co-author and who titles the work: The Collector. A selection of quotations by him has been included in the exhibition, applied in vinyl to the walls. One of these encloses the ultimately ephemerous character of this long-lasting and ambitious activity: "Newspaper is a fragile matter, it changes colour losing its strength; the paper slowly darkens, smudging the printed image"

- Adriano Pedrosa, curator - MAP-BH

Mabe Bethônico was born in Belo Horizonte, in 1966, where she lives and work.

Museu de Arte da Pampulha
Permanent Collection - Mezanino - Library
18 of January till 17 de march of 2002