One of the reasons for uniting
these various works of art is to celebrate
freedom of
expression and the beauty of artistic intention, which
attempts,
at the symbolic level, to elaborate original languages, to express the
truth that anyone can feel but
not realize.
The power of
metaphor allows for the extension of formal frameworks: even
the minimalist piece
can be baroque if it
is conceived with a
holistic intent, such as Round by Sharon Peterz. The massive
object levitates, due to the
sophisticated system of
steel cables;
suddenly the complexity and elegance of the solution of this
suspension dominate its
conceptual charge, the absurdity of this perfection
surrenders the work to
the baroque.
The beautiful woman is screaming
without producing any sound, El Fear of Sandra Jaume, exposed in the
room full of sun, turns the air solid
and causes
the particles to stop in
anticipation of
the scream;
the "total
work"
dominates space, the baroque is present. The
artistic books of Maria X. Fernandez definitely reflect the baroque: pages
rolled and folded elaborately are intangible to the reader, whatever the
knowledge contained within, books seduce
with the visual
eroticism of
their forms and evoke a nostalgic desire for the baroque.
This
is an excerpt from
the text of
the catalog by:
Madina Zingashina, curator of the project ART-MAP Braga 2017
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