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LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery presents "...for the future", an online exhibition by artist Pedro Pires, from 30 Jan. 2023

About

Exhibition :
From Monday 30 January 2023 

LouiSimone Guirandou : 
Online exhibition on the Artsy platform 

Press contact : 
Jonathan Teyssédou
jteyssedou@comunicart.fr
+33 7 67 23 36 85

 


Main image : 
Pedro Pires, Capsule for the future, 2022, fiberglass and fabric, 58x55x32cm 8

Image above 
Pedro Pires, Cover for a future, 2022, Fiberglass and fabric, 55,5x25x47cm 4

"...for the future", discover the online exhibition of the artist Pedro Pires, on the art gallery hosting platform Artsy, since January 30th 2023.
 
Click on the link to visit the exhibition: 
bit.ly/3RjAR2L
 

"In this new series, “… for the future”, I choose to think about the future using the wax fabrics which carry heavy symbolism from the past and are controversial due to their history. For me, it opens a space that talks about status, history, past and identity.
I started using the wax fabric, interlacing it, tying it and making plaits, during the residency on the Island of Gorée in Senegal (organized by Louisimone Guirandou Gallery in Dak'Art Biennale's 2022 Off Program). The process of handling the fabric during the making of the works became very important to me and a huge part of the work.
I always look for things that are part of everyday life in cities and for many years, the fabric has interested me. The wax fabrics are part of the social aesthetics of many cities where I have been, one of them being Luanda, where I was born. I wanted to use the fabric in relation to the body - specifically to the head – to talk about a desire to belong, a desire to be an individual with many “allegiances” like Amin Maalouf explores in his book “On Identity”. 

Pedro Pires

About Pedro Pires 

Pedro Pires works as a sculptor, drawer, photographer, video and installation artist. Born in Luanda in 1978, the artist lives and works between Luanda (Angola) and Lisbon (Portugal). For more than ten years he has been exploring the sense of dislocated national identity, migration and human rights. He is particularly interested in identity issues and stereotypes in direct relation to education, history and institutions. This interest comes from his dual African and European cultural background.
 

Main image : 
Pedro Pires, Capsule for the future, 2022, fiberglass and fabric, 58x55x32cm 8

Image above 
Pedro Pires, Cover for a future, 2022, Fiberglass and fabric, 55,5x25x47cm 4

About

Exhibition :
From Monday 30 January 2023 

LouiSimone Guirandou : 
Online exhibition on the Artsy platform 

Press contact : 
Jonathan Teyssédou
jteyssedou@comunicart.fr
+33 7 67 23 36 85

 

LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery