Visual Elements: The artwork features a striking display of vibrant, boldly-colored pods or pods-like shapes arranged on a dark, textured surface, creating a visually striking contrast.
Subject Matter: The central focus is on four sculptural forms in varying shades of red, yellow, green, and orange, resembling exotic fruits or seed pods.
Artistic Style and Technique: The use of vivid colors, organic shapes, and a tactile, three-dimensional quality suggest a sculptural or installation-based approach, possibly employing unconventional materials or techniques.
Context: The artist's intention may be to explore themes of nature, biology, or the interplay between natural and artificial forms, inviting the viewer to consider the relationship between aesthetics and the natural world. ...
Pestana’s research centralizes around humans who live in deprived areas. Her objective is to highlight the devastating environments in which people suffer due to the vulnerability of both state and social passivity. She relies on the worldview and mythology engrained in each community who share their unique story, and in turn helps emphasise human wealth above material. For Pestana, the greatest irony of
globalization is perhaps the fact that it has served to increase the gaps that separate us. Her projects seek to create empathy by highlighting ideas that are universal: the fragility of love, love of our loved ones, suffering in the face of loss and the desire of a better life. ...
