“Espaço Aberto”, partiu de uma série de desenhos e fotografias tiradas por mim durante o Verão passado quando voltei a casa. Transportei-as para as placas de zinco maioritariamente sem recorrer a referências visuais. Queria que fossem imagens mentais, que reflectissem como me senti e o que me lembro de ver quando estava num daqueles lugares em particular: como a luz brilhante atingia as montanhas e atravessava as nuvens que as envolviam, ou da sensação de que a luz era tanta que por vezes parecia que nos cegava; do movimento das ervas e das plantas quando o vento passava por elas e do seu cheiro, assim como do ar que passava pelos nossos pulmões quando nos apetecia respirar tão fundo que doía; da natureza transitória do tempo.
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“Open space itself is an image of hopeful time.” - E. MINKOWSKI
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“ (…) we cover the universe with drawings we have lived. These drawings
need not be exact . They need only to be tonalized on the mode of our inner
space.” - GASTON BACHELARD
need not be exact . They need only to be tonalized on the mode of our inner
space.” - GASTON BACHELARD
Hard ground etching, aquatint, spit-bite and dry point.
Zinc plates, aprox. 14,8 x 10,5 cm
Canson Edition (antique white) 250gms
Canson Edition (antique white) 250gms