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Dimensions
35.000 x 35.000 x 1.000 inches
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Description:
In the new editions made in collaboration with the Mixografía® Workshop, iconic images from the oeuvre of Sarmento (female figure outlined by black clothing, typewriter text, floor plans of his previous dwellings) appear against a stark, textured background, reminiscent of his White Paintings and the stucco walls in his native Portugal. Set apart in grey/black fields, fragments of text are juxtaposed with the images, but do not imply an unfolding narrative, as in many past works. Instead, the selected text (from The Infinite Conversation by Maurice Blanchot) outlines ideas on communication in the context of transgression resulting in a highly conceptual body of work that requires inquisition.
Each edition is wonderfully tactile, with both the images and text appearing in relief. With contrasting texture on each level and velvety graphite marks from the artist’s hands, these editions provoke a compelling desire to touch.
In Time to Waste, 2007, two flasks are bound in a relationship by this cleft and by communication. Perpetually, memory again becomes experience each time it is translated and shared; following a similar pattern, the flasks are in theory filled and emptied, filled and emptied.
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