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RUI PIMENTA
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ALAIN ATTAR Old objects, shaped by time, carry it's
imprint. Without necessarily understanding their meaning at first
glance, the life within them speaks to us, leaving strong impressions. In a way, what I try to accomplish is
a stirring of memory that transports us to a place where the present
verges on the past. It is between these two worlds that the work of
memory and creation takes place. In many of the works we see today, the
working of the materials contributes to the process of creation -
dense mass, fissures, scrapings and so on - these speak to us of the
natural wearing process of time. My art is not about the reproduction of an object, but rather it's discovery, it's encounter. In other words, the form of the object is, more often that not, indecisive while still allowing us to connect it with a certain reality … a memory of some place in time. |