“Tessera #09 (diptych)”
Tessera #09 (diptych)
(SKU. 11386)
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Date
2022 -
Technique
black resin -
Dimensions
(H x W x D) 17 x Ø 12 cm and 17 x Ø 6 cm -
Edition
20 + 3PA -
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According to Plato, human beings were originally androgynous and happy. However, the gods divided them in two. Separated from their halves, love became a desire, a will to complete oneself. Hence the human nature for completeness. In The Symposium, Plato illustrates this idea when discussing the complementary tesserae in Aristophanes' commentaries. The work Tessera #09, by Artur Lescher, is a construction in polyester resin that discusses Plato's original idea about soul mates. The idea of a romantic reunion is expanded by the possible complement of the encounter in reality.
"The empty spaces of each piece, split at its origin, are compatible with all sorts of geometries present in our homes built at right angles. Therefore, they can be complemented, for example, in a meeting of walls, and in this way achieve a new hybrid identity. This is how they are realized.”
Arthur Lescher
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
