Solon Ribeiro (1960) has built his practice around experimentation, with an emphasis on the contemporary phenomenon of image saturation.

He holds a degree in communication and art from École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Paris, which was revalidated by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in industrial design with a specialization in visual programming. He is the author of the books Lambe-lambe: pequena história da fotografia popular and O golpe do corte.

He has participated in exhibitions such as Quando o cinema se desfaz, MIS – Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, and Museu de Artes e Ofícios, Belo Horizonte; São Paulo não é uma cidade – Invenções do Centro, SESC 24 de Maio, São Paulo; A Fotografia em Perspectiva, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo; and O Cinema é Meu Playground, MAC Centro Dragão do Mar, Fortaleza. His works are also part of public collections including Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo; Funarte – Fundação Nacional de Arte, Rio de Janeiro; Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste, Fortaleza; Museu de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro; and Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães, Recife.

Quando o cinema se desfaz em fotograma Nº2 º 2 (2009) was created from the projection of a film frame featuring actress Dorothy Lamour, from The Jungle Princess (1936), directed by Wilhelm Thiele. The image was projected onto the garden of Theatro José de Alencar, designed by Burle Marx, creating a poetic intersection between cinema, architecture, and landscape.

The actions Ribeiro develops, both in cinema and photography, seek to challenge the status of the archive. His interest lies in deconstructing its relationship with the past, in order to experiment with new ways of making art — subverting conventions of presentation and representation of reality.

The aesthetic principle guiding his practice is the art of montage, evident in the recurrence of certain frames and in the reiteration or transformation of devices. By removing frames from their original narratives, he seeks to release and displace them into other contexts, opening space for new interpretations and experiences.