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A house is built because there is need for shelter, a cathedral is raised up because a God has to be praised… I see architecture as a vivid resonance of a specific cultural context and study through my work diverse constructions that nowadays stand as trace remains of forgotten empires.
The active urban growth of the impetuous contemporary city serves for me as an endless source of inspiration. I define myself as an observer and constantly examine demographics; space distribution; decaying structures and glossy buildings (and their coexistence); vehicular, human and architectural saturation; construction sites; demolitions; vacant slots; and other urban issues. Many of which tend to arise through my pieces as a result of an acute inspection of my surroundings.
I develop my visual studies through the usage of digital imagery taken from real visited locations, from unseen cities, and from imaginary places. I paint on glass-canvases fictitious sceneries obtained from the juxtaposition of these images and then expose the glass to diverse caloric treatments. With this I create a new approximation towards the studied structures where the former richness of the old constructions acquires a new pictoric connotation and an ageless but undeniable fragile brilliance of its own.
Technically, my practice arises from a clear fascination for the materiality of glass, element that has been the base of my work for several years; my pieces have to be physically touched and examined. Nevertheless, the topics I encompass throughout my work turn the material into a starting point that, in conjunction with other factors, delves into diverse semantic issues.
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