The great dragon IV, 2020
bronze e ouro [bronze and gold]
11 x 22 x 16 cm
unique
photo: Filipe Berndt
"Sobre uma plataforma de aço, o artista apresenta esculturas dilaceradas a partir da cópia em bronze de paramentos de autodefesa e militares: colete, coturnos, coldre de arma de fogo e luvas táticas. Os paramentos, por sua vez, encontram-se rasgados e amassados como se tivessem sido atravessados pela lança dourada que atravessa uma das peças. Das esculturas, brotam cópias em bronze de dentes de cavalo, criando a partir dos rasgos uma espécie de boca ou cavidade, como se o mitológico dragão fosse parte das esculturas. As peças se encontram perfuradas por dentes de ouro (cópia de dentes humanos), como se a gananciosa busca pelo ouro, geradora de tantos conflitos territoriais, agora atacassem as esculturas como se fossem projéteis de armas de fogo".
["On a steel platform, the artist presents lacerated sculptures from the bronze copy of self-defense and military vestments: vest, boots, firearm holster and tactical gloves. The vestments, in turn, are torn and crushed as if they had been crossed by the golden spear that crosses one of the pieces. Bronze sculptures of horse teeth sprout from the sculptures, creating a kind of mouth or cavity from the tears, as if the mythological dragon were part of the sculptures. The pieces are perforated by gold teeth (copy of human teeth), as if the greedy search for gold, generating so many territorial conflicts, now attacked the sculptures as if they were projectiles of firearms".]
["On a steel platform, the artist presents lacerated sculptures from the bronze copy of self-defense and military vestments: vest, boots, firearm holster and tactical gloves. The vestments, in turn, are torn and crushed as if they had been crossed by the golden spear that crosses one of the pieces. Bronze sculptures of horse teeth sprout from the sculptures, creating a kind of mouth or cavity from the tears, as if the mythological dragon were part of the sculptures. The pieces are perforated by gold teeth (copy of human teeth), as if the greedy search for gold, generating so many territorial conflicts, now attacked the sculptures as if they were projectiles of firearms".]
exhibitions
Bronze, Couro, Ouro, Sangue, 2021, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil
"Sobre uma plataforma de aço, o artista apresenta esculturas dilaceradas a partir da cópia em bronze de paramentos de autodefesa e militares: colete, coturnos, coldre de arma de fogo e luvas táticas. Os paramentos, por sua vez, encontram-se rasgados e amassados como se tivessem sido atravessados pela lança dourada que atravessa uma das peças. Das esculturas, brotam cópias em bronze de dentes de cavalo, criando a partir dos rasgos uma espécie de boca ou cavidade, como se o mitológico dragão fosse parte das esculturas. As peças se encontram perfuradas por dentes de ouro (cópia de dentes humanos), como se a gananciosa busca pelo ouro, geradora de tantos conflitos territoriais, agora atacassem as esculturas como se fossem projéteis de armas de fogo".
["On a steel platform, the artist presents lacerated sculptures from the bronze copy of self-defense and military vestments: vest, boots, firearm holster and tactical gloves. The vestments, in turn, are torn and crushed as if they had been crossed by the golden spear that crosses one of the pieces. Bronze sculptures of horse teeth sprout from the sculptures, creating a kind of mouth or cavity from the tears, as if the mythological dragon were part of the sculptures. The pieces are perforated by gold teeth (copy of human teeth), as if the greedy search for gold, generating so many territorial conflicts, now attacked the sculptures as if they were projectiles of firearms".]
["On a steel platform, the artist presents lacerated sculptures from the bronze copy of self-defense and military vestments: vest, boots, firearm holster and tactical gloves. The vestments, in turn, are torn and crushed as if they had been crossed by the golden spear that crosses one of the pieces. Bronze sculptures of horse teeth sprout from the sculptures, creating a kind of mouth or cavity from the tears, as if the mythological dragon were part of the sculptures. The pieces are perforated by gold teeth (copy of human teeth), as if the greedy search for gold, generating so many territorial conflicts, now attacked the sculptures as if they were projectiles of firearms".]