Costa, Adriano b.1975 / 6 Monuments (Mão, Gala, Sahara, Human Rights, Israel, Waikiki)
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about this work
The research of Adriano Costa moves from the narrative potential of everyday life, that flow of elements composed of common, domestic and leftover objects which he juxtaposes and reassembles in essential compositions, with a strong poetic dimension. Interested in probing the moment in which the object is no longer defined as a work, the Brazilian artist investigates the different aspects of the visible and the nature of materials, combining solidity and fragility and juxtaposing shapes, motifs and colours to create geometric progressions possessing emotional and musical qualities, intuitive and spontaneous, organic and vital rhythms, close in form to the principles of Neo-Concrete and Minimal Art.

The result of gradual adjustments, with a light, random appearance, Costa’s works express, precisely in their delicate formal balance and anti-monumental stance, a critical position regarding the contemporary world.

Adriano Costa (b.1975, Brazil)

6 Monuments (Mão, Gala, Sahara, Human Rights, Israel, Waikiki), 2012

Towels and aluminium stairs
Each: 205.5 x 35.3 x 6.5 cm
Each: 80 7/8 x 13 7/8 x 2 9/16 in.
Provenance:
Galeria Múrias Centeno, Porto, Portugal Current Location:
USA - NY - Brinks, Long Island InstallationLatin America

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