The Skin of Labour
The Skin of Labour
The Skin of Labour
The Skin of Labour
The Skin of Labour
The Skin of Labour

Adrián Balseca

The Skin of Labour, 201627 x 36cmSign in to view price
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installation composed by 5 framed photographsMadragoa
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This black and white photograph depicts a lush forest landscape. The composition is characterized by a dense array of tall, slender tree trunks that stretch upward, creating a sense of depth and verticality. The ground is covered in a profusion of fallen leaves and underbrush, adding texture and a sense of the forest's untamed, natural state. The high-contrast lighting casts dramatic shadows, highlighting the intricate patterns and forms of the trees and foliage. The overall style and technique suggest an artistic, atmospheric approach to capturing the essence of this natural environment. This work may reflect the photographer's intention to convey the tranquility and timeless quality of an ancient woodland. ...

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Adrián Balseca
Artist
Adrián Balseca
B.1989, Ecuadorian

Adrián Balseca’s work aims to activate strategies of representation, narration, and interaction in order to highlight cultural specificities of a particular place. It explores the relationship and tensions between industrial and craft practices, revealing a fascination with the historic processes, and the configuration of materials involved in the production of manufactured goods. His work ranges from small interventions to large scale "site specific" actions or video documentations and elaborates on ideas of emerging economies, environment and nature, power, and social memory. ...

Adrián Balseca: Artworks
BadYear
Adrián Balseca
BadYear, 2021
30 x 327 x 10cm
The Skin of Labour
Adrián Balseca
The Skin of Labour, 2016
27 x 36cm
Madragoa
Gallery
Madragoa
Lisbon

MADRAGOA is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2016 in the homonymous neighborhood of Lisbon’s historical center. Since its beginning, the gallery has been an early supporter of a number of international young artists such as Adrián Balseca, Rodrigo Hernández, Renato Leotta, Buhlebezwe Siwani, Joanna Piotrowska, and Yuli Yamagata, whose first productions and exhibition have been produced and promoted by the gallery and often presented for the first time in Portugal. Moreover, Madragoa launched the careers of young Portuguese artists such as Sara Chang Yan, Luís Lázaro Matos, Gonçalo Preto, and Jaime Welsh, giving them visibility on the international scene. From its peripheral location in Europe, MADRAGOA’s project focuses on how to set a deep conversation with the city and its extraordinary potential, setting a dialogue between global artistic practices and local craftsmanship and ideas. The gallery always created experiences of research and production for its artists locally and promotes its program also through the participation in a number of international art fairs, gallery exchanges, and exhibition projects. MADRAGOA is currently recognized as one of the most innovative realities in the Portuguese art scene, while it succeeded to obtain visibility internationally throughout its years of its activity. At the moment, the gallery actively represents artists from Portugal, Italy, Ecuador, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Brazil and South Africa. ...

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