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#animals
#Bordalo II
#mosaics
#neon
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#sculpture
#trash
October 7, 2022
Grace Ebert
A seven-meter-tall squirrel product of railway dividers, decommissioned industrial hoses, and purchasing carts in disrepair opens an enormous retrospective from Portuguese artist Bordalo II (beforehand). Spanning ten years of his profession, EVILUTION displays the environmental themes the artist has been drawn to for no less than the final decade which might be mirrored via his signature Trash Animals, creatures comprised of fully salvaged supplies. Spray-paint cans are slotted into an summary mosaic of a raccoon, whereas neon tubing illuminates a variety of sculptural creatures together with a fox, spider, and even a snail strapped to an electrical scooter.
EVILUTION, which opens this weekend on the Edu Hub of Lisbon, exposes the unimaginable array of fabric people discard and the way such waste impacts the atmosphere and biodiversity. The present additionally marks Bordalo II’s first foray into neon, which he describes in a press release:
It’s unbelievable what folks throw away. A lot of our sculptures use apparent family trash, however we need to present that there’s a complete ecosystem of junk laying round on the market that’s threatening nature. That features issues like generations of damaged neon tubes, which most individuals wouldn’t ever take into consideration…EVILUTION is a type of retrospective of all the things I’ve been doing over the past ten years, and in addition a means of trying in the direction of the long run.
Head to the artist’s Instagram for a preview of the exhibition, which runs from October 8 to December 11.
#animals
#Bordalo II
#mosaics
#neon
#public artwork
#sculpture
#trash
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