Exhibition

inverno

11 January 2013 — 23 February 2013

Location

  • Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto

inverno presents recent works constructed from balsa wood, painted with China ink, acrylics or spray. In these pieces, an attention is given to the cut, to the full, to the empty, to the superposition of the different thicknesses of the balsa, to the shades of gray and to the appearing of colour. Some come from “accidents” and are closer to chance; others regard a previous drawing, and, occasionally, can find relations with diverse materials.

This exhibition reflects an essential search in Ana Santos’ practice: to think the creation of objects and its articulation with the exhibition space, within the expanded field of drawing. Her process, varied and economical, tries to find several formal solutions for a continuous, pragmatic and quick exercise of fixing the gesture and the idea contained in that same gesture as transforming action.

inverno

Gallery

Untitled, 2012

Wood, china ink and acrylic on balsa wood

107 x 36 x 3 cm

Untitled, 2012

Acrylic and china ink on balsa wood

44,5 x 34 x 0,4 cm

inverno (installation view), 2013

Untitled, 2013

Carpet and sewing cotton string

Variable dimensions

inverno (installation view), 2013

Untitled, 2013

Cement, plastic ink, peanuts and polyester strings

Dimensions variable

Untitled, 2013

Concrete, clay and polyethylene sheeting

48,5 x 35 x 23,5 cm

Untitled, 2012

Ecoline on pine wood

33,5 x 35 x 0,5 cm

inverno (installation view), 2013

inverno (installation view), 2013

Untitled, 2012

China ink on balsa wood

78 x 47 x 0,4 cm

Untitled, 2012

China ink on lead

Dimensions variable

Untitled, 2012

China ink on balsa wood

72,5 x 49 x 0,3 cm

Untitled, 2012

Paper

Dimensions variable

inverno (installation view), 2013

inverno (installation view), 2013

Untitled, 2012

China ink on balsa wood

50,5 x 21 x 0,3 cm

Untitled, 2012

China ink on pressed cardboard

Variable dimensions

Untitled, 2012

China ink and acrylic on balsa wood

90 x 30,5 x 0,3 cm

inverno (installation view), 2013

inverno (installation view), 2013

Untitled, 2012

Pigment on mdf

inverno (installation view), 2013

Untitled, 2012