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After hours spent collecting impressions of the architectonic space of Matarazzo Hospital, the artist created a photographic and sculptural installation that evokes ephemeral moments, exploring the pathos of interpersonal relations, gender and desire. Pierson has spent the last two decades perfecting the art of melancholy in photographs, installations and sculptures made of letters and drawings. His works use iconic materials, from old neon signs to palm trees, to express a visually striking personal perspective. MoMA New York considers him “a figurehead of his generation”, author of an oeuvre that includes photography, drawing and sculpture. His art plumbs the depths of resonant ideas about love, creation, death, isolation and fading glamour. Though his references are autobiographical, Pierson manages to transform his personal world into an engaged and, above all, universal art.