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).
The Moment VII, 2016
Wood, oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
180 x 160 cm
The Moment I, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
160 x 180 cm
The Moment II, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
170 x 180 cm
The Moment III, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigments on canvas mounted on board
160 x 160 cm
The Moment VI, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
180 x 160 cm
The Moment V, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
180 x 120 cm
The Moment XVI, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
125 x 180 cm
The Moment VIII, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigments on canvas mounted on board
190 x 165 cm
Folklore XVI, 2017
Oil, acrylic and natural pigments on canvas mounted on board
180 x 162 cm
Folklore III, 2017
Oil, acrylic and natural pigments on canvas mounted on board
180 x 150 cm
The Moment IX, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
160 x 70 cm
The Moment XV, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
170 x 180 cm
The Moment XI, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
190 x 120 cm
The Moment IV, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
125 x 180 cm
The Moment XIII, 2016
Wood, oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
150 x 120 cm
The Moment XVII, 2016
Wood, oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
120 x 190 cm
The Moment XVIII, 2016
Wood, oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
150 x 120 cm
The Moment XX (nopeaceinquietcharity), 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
60 x 50 cm
The Moment XXI, 2016
Oil, acrylic and natural pigment on canvas mounted on board
60 x 50 cm
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