Conceptual shifts. (Installations, paintings)

Universal gravity forces humans to encode natural elements, language and thought in relation to their center of gravity. If man were to undergo a 180 ° rotation, his perception of things would be changed and would have a misleading impact on him. Therefore, a hypothetical spectator, faced with an object or an inverted natural element, unable to free himself from a conventional reading, would be forced to reposition the object with his mind (even tilting his head) according to the setting of his own center of gravity. The processing of the new unnatural visual data forces the viewer to give up the new point of view and the new form, or to accept them passively. In both cases there is a distortion of perception, a short circuit that generates disorientation. Losing its functional and aesthetic power, the overturned object becomes something "other" and has no definition.

 

 
 

Ontological Determination. (Conceptual Shift). 1994©. Cm25x19x30, acrylic on wood, stone.

 

Ontological Determination. (Conceptual Shift). 2000©. Cm30x17x24, acrylic on wood, stone.

 

Embroidery on the table. (Conceptual Shift). 2017©. Cm30x27x6, acrylic on wood, steel.

 

Appropriation and conceptual displacement. 2020©. Variable dimensions, acrylic on wood, necklace and bell.

 

Performance on Dull Noise-Variations on Scream by Edvard Munch (Conceptual Shift). 2020©. Variable dimensions, acrylic on wood, steel, electric wire.

 

Study for Apartment (Conceptual Shift). 2019©. Cm 180x90, acrylic on board.

 

The indeterminate principle (Conceptual Shift). 2019©. Cm 80x60, acrylic on board.

 

Singularity (Conceptual Shift). 1994-2008©. Cm 40x13x12, acrylic on offset printing applied to cardboard, wood, mirror.

 

The noise depends on the origin (Conceptual Displacement). 2003-2019©. Variable dimensions, acrylic on board, wood, stone, embroidered fabric, nylon.

 

Fragment of the landscape behind (Conceptual Shift). 2018-2019©. Cm 150x87, acrylic on board, iron wire, stone.

 
 
 
 

Gravity and perception (Conceptual Shift). 2012-2018©. Cm 160x90, acrylic on board, rope, stone.

 
 

The law is the same for everyone (Conceptual Shift). 2019©. Cm 120x80, acrylic on board, wood, mirror, string, glass container, grass.

 
 
 

Two Men Invited to a Party (Conceptual Shift). 2003-2019©. Cm 90x100, acrylic, felt-tip pen and paper on wood, iron wire, marble.

 

Dead Painting - Portrait of Man with Hat (Conceptual Shift) 2019©. Painting 43x57 cm, acrylic on board, wooden board 130x80 cm, real size hammer.

 
 
 

Unlikely Dialogue (Conceptual Shift). 2013©. Cm 110x90, acrylic on canvas.

L.H.O.O.Q, I don't think (Conceptual Shift. 2010©. Cm 50x40, acrylic and enamel on board.

 
 
 

Water cataloged n° 52 (Conceptual Shift). 2005©. Cm 50x40, acrylic on cardboard, fragment of paper from 1720 with the inscription: Painting dead on the back.

Global Aquarium (Conceptual Shift. 2009©. Cm 120x80, acrylic on board.

 
 
 
 
 

Floating Nature (Conceptual Shift). 2010©. Cm 180x180x8, acrylic on canvas applied to the table, acrylic on paper sheet.

 
 
 

Cultural Annunciation (Conceptual Shift). 2011-2013©. Cm 120x80, acrylic on board, rope, Stone, antique frame.

Decadence and Rebirth - Venus with long arms (Conceptual Shift). 2014-2018©. Cm 80x70, acrylic and enamel on board.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Variations on Landscape by Rembrandt with Dante in Love (Conceptual Shift). 2012-2013©. Cm 100x120, acrylic on canvas applied to the table.

 
 
 
 
 

Variations on Boel (Conceptual Shift). 2004©. Cm 140x100, acrylic and enamel on board.

 
 
 
 
 

S. Rita with the thorn on her forehead (Conceptual Shift). 2013-2018©. 98x63 cm, acrylic and pure gold on wood.

 
 
 
 
 

Conceptual Shift with Time Experiment. 2001-2010©. Cm 110x90, acrylic on board. Time changes space n ° 4, from 2001 to 2009. Cm 34x25, graphite and colored pencil on paper. Made in 9 consecutive years. The trial ended on November 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm.

 
 
 
 
 

The absent Madonna (Conceptual Shift). 2007-2013©. Acrylic on glass, bronze lacquered frame, fabric.

 
 
 
 


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