Industan

In this collection, Alfredo Moreira da Silva reflects on travels that broadened his vision, bringing distant cultures into dialogue with his own creative practice. Industan reveals aspects of ourselves through contrast, evoking journeys, shocks, and discoveries—moments where beauty and strangeness coexist. The works remind us that every culture is unique, yet all face common challenges, from environmental pressures to globalized habits. The series becomes an exploration of diversity and similarity, a meditation on what separates and unites. It suggests that art is strengthened by openness, that difference is not a threat but an invitation. In encountering the other, we meet ourselves anew. These paintings affirm that wonder persists amid disruption, that every encounter holds the power to transform. Industan is a testament to curiosity and empathy, recording moments when distance collapses, understanding emerges, and the foreign becomes part of a shared, interconnected human story.