Conexões ecofeministas entre arte contemporânea, natureza e maternidades

Abstract

This work articulates contemporary art, ecofeminism, motherhood, nature, and environmental education based on aesthetic experiences with artworks by Brazilian artists Yasmin Formiga, Júlia Pontés, and Leonora Weissmann. The narratives were built from words that emerged during the encounter with the artworks and were later deepened through theoretical reflection. The study is grounded in a critique of essentialism that links women to nature and of patriarchal structures that sustain inequalities and violence, including environmental violence. It questions how art can denaturalize the idea of female inferiority by revealing the connections between the exploitation of the Earth and the oppression of female bodies. The research proposes a sensitive and political approach to environmental education, recognizing the importance of affections, care, and plural knowledge. Thus, art is understood as a space of resistance and the creation of possible worlds, in opposition to the logics of devastation, invisibility, and hierarchy imposed by capitalism.