Trotter&Sholer are pleased to present Untamed, a solo exhibition by Lisbon based artist, Fernanda Fehér. This exhibition is inspired by Clarice Lispector’s short story Love (1960). Lispector’s work explores the place of women in society, the nature of domestic work, and the cracks that can shake a carefully constructed life.
Untamed captures a turning point when an empty house and a break from normalcy create an emotional spiral of rediscovery. Fehér’s painting and drawings track the progression of this crisis of awareness. In her canvases, we see domestic interiors invaded by lush, almost predatory, fauna and flora, a natural invasion that is both beautiful and terrible. Works like Je-ne-sais-quoicias and Sleeper’s Slippers make use of color to create a dreamlike distortion, embodying the tension between control and chaos, love and disgust.
At the center of the gallery sits a large installation of a dinner table, featuring a handpainted tablecloth, candelabras, pitchers, and 15 unique policromed and enemaled ceramic plates. This table takes on the form of a domestic space warped by the inner turmoil created by colonial expectations of romantic love and the nuclear family. Feher’s table is both an altar of affection and a silent battlefield.
This exhibition is a vibrant and disconcerting exploration of the love and fury that coexist in the spaces women have been taught to call “home.” Untamed is an invitation to look beyond the surface, to question the stability of our own days, and to decolonize our affections, recognising the violent and loving complexity that resides at the heart of private life.
Untamed will be on view at 168 Suffolk Street, New York, NY through Dec. 20, 2025.
