Numerous dichotomies—natural/artificial, abstract/figurative, material/immaterial, ecology/technology—were at play in Adriano Amaral’s exhibition of recent works, “Lagoa de dentro” (Inner Pond). Employing forms of the four basic elements—air, earth, fire, and water—in tandem with synthetic or industrial materials such as silicone, acrylic, and aluminum, he also combines manual and technological processes to create his works. The resulting paintings and sculptures presented here prompted the viewer to contemplate more binaries: life and death, consciousness and unconsciousness, and the transitions