Monumental Installations by Henrique Oliveira Explore the Eerie Inner Nature of Architecture
“Desnatureza” (2011). All photographs courtesy of the artist and shared with permission
Erupting from flooring, doorways, and furnishings, artist Henrique Oliveira’s artworks (beforehand) are a exceptional touch upon the connection between the constructed surroundings and the facility of nature. In installations that discover the connection between actuality and otherworldly spectacle, huge picket limbs and vine-like types emerge from partitions and ceilings which were cracked, damaged, and twisted across the rising progress, unable to include it.
Oliveira makes use of numerous readymade and natural supplies akin to bricks, wooden, PVC, tree branches, mud, and different discovered gadgets. He has integrated tapumes, a Portuguese time period for “enclosure” or “boarding,” which is typical of the plywood fencing put in round his house metropolis of São Paulo that turns into weathered and diversified in shade and texture.
Items vary in dimension from just a few toes, akin to furnishings works like “Chest of Drawers,” to immense installations that sprawl throughout expansive exhibition areas. A few of his largest works, akin to “Transarquitetonica,” have been skilled by strolling across the exterior or venturing inside. On this piece, the opening of a tunnel mimics the modern structure of the Museu de Arte Contemporânea constructing in São Paulo. It then steadily transforms right into a collection of woody paths, giving the impression of exploring completely different routes inside an enormous tree’s tangled limbs.
A lot of Oliveira’s works are completely on view all over the world, and you will discover extra info on his website and on Instagram.
“Useless Fireplace,” (2012)
“Chest of Drawers” (2013)
“Transarquitetonica” (2014). Picture by Everton Ballardin
Inside of “Transarquitetonica” (2014). Picture by Everton Ballardin
“Nook Prolapse” (2009)
“Sisyphus Casemate” (2018)
“Xilonoma Chamusquius 2” (2012). Picture by Everton Ballardin
Foreground: “Desnatureza 2” (2014). Picture by Nash Baker
“Xilonoma Chamusquius 3” (2012)
“Baitogogo” (2013). Picture by André Morin
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