About my work
- Creating a contemporary art work is like a game of words put together in different stories and placed in real life as art works, from idea to technique, from technique to the final three dimensional works. I find that we can be inspired by nature, materials and in/outdoor spaces in order to provide, preserve and present artistic beauty to humans.
- I love working with steel as the rough, untamed material represents for me a challenge to mold its language and find the message that lies behind these industrialized parts. I want to reveal an attitude that one can draw out of metals, a feeling of liberation offered to those that see my works.
Footsteps
One of my recent works is called Footsteps and it was created for the Roots Exhbit that was organized Recreativ Art Camp in April 2010. I tried to suggest the idea of human imprint, through the mirrored roots that reflect our steps, actions, beliefs- ourselves. The metal pipes that reinvent the anatomic shapes render the idea of verticallity, of purpose and meaning. Also this sculpture opens a series of sculptures that will combine metal with organic materials: grass, cork, etc.
The purpose of Roots Exhibit was to make use of artistic mediums in order to bring into discussion issues that involve post-modern society such as globalism, consumerism, conformism or depersonalization, aspects that turn us into happy slaves and make us give up principles, traditions and faith.
The objectives of Roots exhibit, that was organized by were to offer an artistic setting where 10 artists unite in order to draw the attention upon the condition of human being and offer through art a diagnosis of nowadays society suggesting a return to the genuine roots.
Inside out the box installation belongs to a series started during my student years and represents a ready-made intervention composed of four elements: brief case, box, left foot (plus ankle) and light.
The idea that lies beyond the minimalistic geometry of the ensemble refers to my inclination towards technically expressing artistic beauty, by making use of cumulated life experiences.
The positive-negative volumetric capacity of the work certifies the fact that Inside out the box operates on three levels (artistic, social and spiritual), offering intellectual challenges the viewer and the artist. The closed box invites to a participative dialogue as the curiosity of the viewer is raised by the green light. Being encouraged to open the box the viewer contributes to the unleashing of artistic expression.
