“Carbon”
Carbon
(SKU. 12146)
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Date
2023 -
Technique
wood, brass and multifilament lines -
Dimensions
(H x W x D) 118 x 66 x 66 cm -
Edition
10 + 3PA -
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"Artur Lescher pays tribute to Carbono's ten years through the enlarged representation of a Carbon molecule, an indescribably versatile chemical element, part of the structure of organic molecules and which varies from the softness of coal to the hardness of diamond, from the most intense opacity to transparency and luminescence. Artur makes a mobile, a wooden structure filled with air, strictly speaking an intimate portrait not only of our body but of everything that exists. Everything, really; just think of the solar system, the galaxies that make up who knows what other bodies."
Agnaldo Farias
Biography
Arthur Lescher
Artur Lescher's work makes its mark on Brazilian contemporary art with installations, sculptures, and objects that occupy spaces with force and fluidity. The procedures of suspension, submission, and opposition of materials are present in most of the artist's works. To achieve this, he primarily uses wood and metal, creating large-scale, geometric installations in which the relationship with space is a determining factor. His sculptures, on the other hand, stand alone, bringing to the fore the full formal and material power of the artist's choices. Using diverse materials such as metal, stone, or wood, he creates works that evoke design and recall familiar objects, but stripped of their function.
His works are part of the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (both in the USA), MALBA – Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, among others.
The artist participated in the 1987 and 2002 editions of the São Paulo Biennial and the 2005 edition of the Mercosul Biennial in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where he also served as curator. He has exhibited in numerous shows in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, in addition to two solo exhibitions, the first at the Tomie Ohtake Institute (2006) in São Paulo, and the second at the Palais d'Iéna (2017) in Paris. He recently exhibited at the Estação Pinacoteca in São Paulo (2019), and has also presented solo exhibitions in various national and international galleries (including countries such as Mexico, Uruguay, France, Spain, and the United States).
At the 19th São Paulo Biennial, Lescher presented the work "Aerólitos," an architectural piece composed of two eleven-meter-long balloons. Later, the artist would deepen this exploration in works such as "Indoor Landscape" (2005), " Cachoeira" (2006), the " Metameric" series, and " Rio Máquina" (2009). The latter clearly demonstrates the tension the artist explores in many of his works: nature contained, worked, cleaned, transformed into an object of use, albeit, in this case, an aesthetic one.
Adolfo Montejo, in a 2009 text, concludes that "the ultimate trap of these sculptures is, therefore, their paradoxical nature/form: a still, lingering appearance, yet vibrant. A throbbing state that is not intended to be definitive, neither for them nor for us."
Representative galleries
Nara Roesler Gallery , Brazil
Destaques da carreira
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Instalação “Inabscência” | 2012 | octógono da Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, SP
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“Rio Máquina” | 2010 |Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, SP
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As "Elipses" de Artur Lescher fazem parte de coleções públicas em diversos países. Esta mede 3 metros de altura e foi executada em resina de poliéster e tinta automotiva.
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"Suspensão" | 2019 | Estação Pinacoteca, São Paulo, SP
