André Komatsu
André Komatsu, a young Brazilian artist who is half Japanese, works in
collaboration with the Vermelho gallery in São Paulo. He has a
conceptual approach to drawing and construction. The themes introduce
an architectural style that develops the stance of the ready-made by
using construction and destruction with humorous overtones. A series of drawing-works done on discarded wood or stone depict the
original state of the waste material, for instance, a brick will depict
the original architecture from whence it came.
His work plays with the idea of the ready-made, yet he points towards a return to materiality and original history. The significance of using words such as "new" or "finished" on the remains reminds us of the fetishisation of the art object.
As a blog-writer comments on his work, reflecting over the city is a theme that is always fascinating. It is like the song by Caetano Veloso, "Fora da ordem" "Here everything looks like it is still in construction and already is in ruin"
Copyright Maria Tidball-Binz, Lodeveans Collection
Shown by
Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo
His work plays with the idea of the ready-made, yet he points towards a return to materiality and original history. The significance of using words such as "new" or "finished" on the remains reminds us of the fetishisation of the art object.
As a blog-writer comments on his work, reflecting over the city is a theme that is always fascinating. It is like the song by Caetano Veloso, "Fora da ordem" "Here everything looks like it is still in construction and already is in ruin"
Copyright Maria Tidball-Binz, Lodeveans Collection
Shown by
Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo
