“Hammers”
Hammers
(SKU. 2049)
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Date
2014 -
Technique
sculpture and painting on iron tool handle -
Dimensions
(H x W x D) 35 x 10 x 4 cm -
Edition
30
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Wood is the main material in Afonso Tostes' work, which usually involves existing objects. In the work created for Carbono, the artist follows a path in his work in which he intervenes in hand tools, sculpting the handles of thirty hammers. He then paints them white, intensifying the relationship he builds between the tool and the extension of human arms and hands, as if these elements were part of our skeletal constitution.
Biography
Afonso Tostes
Through drawing, painting and wood sculpture, Afonso Tostes explores the ideas of connections and transformations of objects. Among the exhibitions he has participated in, the highlights are those at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Paço das Artes, Funarte, Maria Antônia Cultural Center, São Paulo Cultural Center, Palácio das Artes of Belo Horizonte, Casa França-Brasil and the 5th Mercosul Biennial. He participated in the Antártica Arte Project with Folha de São Paulo (1996). His works are in the public collections of the Museum of Art of Rio, MAM-RJ, MAC Niterói, Maria Antônia University Center and in private collections.
Destaques da carreira
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"Tronco" | 2013 | Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
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"Elementos" | 2013 | Galeria Luciana Caravello, Rio de Janeiro
