Artist.Painter.Illustrator
OL'O
Odyssea of Objects
by
With years, experience and a new conscience as to the world in which I evolve, my practice, just as my lifestyle in general took an eco-conscious turn. Parallel to my daily routine in which I try to escape the tendency to overconsumption and consequently the production of important quantities of waste, my production must follow a similar guideline.Therefore, listening to the medium, I began listening to what loads of material, objects, rubbish, etc. had to say. I've discovered new tools and a new game. When an object loses it material purpose, if recyclable (easily in the local facilities) I recycle it, otherwise I find it a new purpose or perhaps a new aesthetic.Welcome to an Odyssey to second chances, a creative attempt to the found object the most eco-friendly possible.
CT: Compact Table
2024
Compact discs, spraypaint, various objects, wood base
TBW
Beer table
2024
Approx. 5000 beer caps, wood base, laminated wood, steal wire, epoxy.
TBW
Poupou, the stinking trash-chick
2022
1 rubber pouch of an old pouf, garbage, paper maché, wood, mortar, paint and various objects.
Garbage! We talk about it, we see it, yet we don't see it anymore. However omnipresent in our life, today the challenge is to avoid that waste whatever it is gets to the landfills and thus invade and contaminate our ecosystems. Well, here's a good way to avoid that all of this rubbish gets into a landfill, because although garbage it still has consistency, interesting colours and durability making it an ideal matter to fill up this big pouch used as Poupou's body.
Head Strong
2021
Paper maché, various plastic objects, fake grass, wood panel, spray paint
Once again, a bunch of items made out of or with added questionable products when in contact with our fragile health. Head Strong reminds us of how stubborn or in denial we can be about all that toxicity, either material or conceptual, that ultimately, is poisoning us.
Beer spirituality
2020
Approx. 5000 beer caps, wood frame, steal wire.
Work accomplished with help by relatively consistant accumulation of the caps by a few people over about 10 years. The beer cap is a material with great potential and great consistency that still ends up in the garbage.
Very Hip Stuff
The Gentrification Table
2020
VHS plastic cases, wood, styrofoam, spray paint.
After watching these numerous VHS movies, I've patiently deconstructed each case to recuperate many different pieces. This table is solely made of the plastic cases.
We got wrapped up in it
2020
Various found objects (plastics, metals, wood, etc.) acrylic, wrapping paper, mod podge glue.
A broken mirror, many useless objects and wrapping paper. Once more, many objects proven to be futile despite a somewhat solid consistency. It gives us an idea of who we are as a society; we are great builders but what we build is utterly meaningless for the length of a lifetime. Have we got stalled on Cape Diem?
Con Seated
2019
Various found objects (plastics, metals, clothes and material, wood and log, etc.) glued, paper maché and acrylic
An old resewed and repaired pouffe that still wasn't comfortable. I created a wood structure in order to place what was left of the pouffe still colourful and visually interesting in balance on it. Apart from glue and staples, here is a piece entirely made of found, recuperated and repurposed objects
Mr. Robot Lite
2019
Wood, wood beads, glue, epoxy and lamp.
An old broken wood pearl curtain kept for many years in a bag, until creativity gave it completely different second life.
How earth became flat
2019
Various found objets (mostly plastics) and latex paint on wood
It is the last piece before initiating the project. It's an old artwork that broke fusioned (almost literally) with a new one. Thus originally started a few years ago, some of the recycling facilities didn't exist back then, so I started gathering and sticking together the now unused objects. HTEBF figuratively represents the invasion of objects on our beautiful green planet.
Winchester Table
2018
Pieces of various types of wood, plastique, metal, epoxy, paper maché, mod podge paper, material, belt, light and glass
Hair 69
2018
Synthetic hair extensions, acrylic, latex and found objects on canvas
51 cm X 41 cm (20" X 16")
After my old roommate took off her extensions, I couldn't help but reuse these for an art project and avoid having all this plastic going in the trash. And so I created...
Communication Breakdown
2015
Old useless answering machine and acrylic on canvas
Size not available
To not question so much
2011
Various found objects (plastics, metals, material, etc.) glued, painted and varnished
This strange creature is the symbol of the invasion of the object. As of its creation, the artist realizes the importance of rejected matter in his own life and on the planet and discovers the possibility to use this useless object as medium. It is also a strong turn in his artistic career: some sort of rebellion against the excessive intellectual pondering in the so called world of ideas; a kind of I live, I create and I do not question too much. This does not avoid the thinking process in art but makes it more genuine.
Electr Rony
2011
This piece, physically deconstructing a PC spread out on wood plank and decorated with paint refers to the inner beauty, the beauty of the rubbish, to the contraste of possibilities in the unexpected. The title Elect Rony is a play on word but provides the idea of choice (of election): the choice to change things. It's one of the project that inspired the creation (on a period of many years) the Odyssea.
The equilibrium of imperfection
2010
Found objects (plastics and metals) glued and welded together
This sculpture is my first work with the found object. It represent the possible and plausible harmony between different material.