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EDUARDO SANTOS: THE MOMENT

Memory is all we have to possess the present and carry it forward.

Yet memory shifts, warps and mutates under the pressure of the senses.
Compressed by the immediacy of experience, we literally ‘lose’ the past, both in
tiny fragments and vast passages of recollection. The magnetic sway of painting
has always dwelled within the impossible task- the act of capturing what can
never be retained: the moment.

The works created for this show implement time as both a subject and a physical
medium.

The varnish, paint, sand and earth absorb time so slowly, the minutes, hours,
days and weeks submit to the thirst of the dry canvas and the silent witness of
the process. Memory becomes accretion, this concentrated act of remaining and
not departing, this need to remember before we forget. The painting is slow. The
imagery reflects the impermanence of clouds and the weight of glaciers. The
palette is distant, aerial, cold and misted, like an old photograph or a landmass
disintegrating into dusk light.

And every layer serves as a homage to those who taught me and those I love.
The Moment, 2016 series.

This series is dedicated to the memory of artist, Zed Taylor (1968-2016).

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The Moment VII, 2016

Wood, oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
180 x 160 cm

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The Moment I, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
160 x 180 cm

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The Moment II, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
170 x 180 cm

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The Moment III, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigments on canvas mounted on board
160 x 160 cm

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The Moment VI, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
180 x 160 cm

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The Moment V, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
180 x 120 cm

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The Moment XVI, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
125 x 180 cm

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The Moment VIII, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigments on canvas mounted on board
190 x 165 cm

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Folklore XVI, 2017

Oil, acrylic and natural pigments on canvas mounted on board
180 x 162 cm

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Folklore III, 2017

Oil, acrylic and natural pigments on canvas mounted on board
180 x 150 cm

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The Moment IX, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
160 x 70 cm

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The Moment XV, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
170 x 180 cm

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The Moment XI, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
190 x 120 cm

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The Moment IV, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
125 x 180 cm

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The Moment XIII, 2016

Wood, oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
150 x 120 cm

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The Moment XVII, 2016

Wood, oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
120 x 190 cm

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The Moment XVIII, 2016

Wood, oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
150 x 120 cm

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The Moment XX (nopeaceinquietcharity), 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
60 x 50 cm

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The Moment XXI, 2016

Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
60 x 50 cm

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