Teoria
Eduardo Basualdo
Born in Buenos Aires in 1977
2013
Steel rod, sheet aluminum, hemp cord
Promised gift of Michel de la Chenelière
Inventory 453.2014
Argentinain artist Eduardo Basualdo, who has a background in theatre, draws on literature and psychoanalysis to put the position of mankind with its inescapable submission to and potential emancipation from uiniversal forces evading its control, into perspective. Flirting with the apocalypse and plunging us into a world of strange familiarity, Basualdo conjures up the transformation now taking place in our environment and challenges our fragile, but fundamental, certainties. He asks us to think about life and nature's mysterious energies, as well as our consciousness and illusions.
Hanging only by a cord, Teoria evokes the precarious balance often refered to in mythological narratives. The astonishing black mass, subject as it is to the immutable laws of gravity, could collapse upon humanity. Dramatic and dreamlike, mysterious and disproportionate, this object with the look of a meteorite threatens our existence. Teoria provides viewers with a perceptual experience that leads them to both contemplate and fear this strange and enthralling work, whose inner character and origin cannot be penetrated or recognized.
Teoria
Eduardo Basualdo
Born in Buenos Aires in 1977
2013
Steel rod, sheet aluminum, hemp cord
Promised gift of Michel de la Chenelière
Inventory 453.2014
Argentinain artist Eduardo Basualdo, who has a background in theatre, draws on literature and psychoanalysis to put the position of mankind with its inescapable submission to and potential emancipation from uiniversal forces evading its control, into perspective. Flirting with the apocalypse and plunging us into a world of strange familiarity, Basualdo conjures up the transformation now taking place in our environment and challenges our fragile, but fundamental, certainties. He asks us to think about life and nature's mysterious energies, as well as our consciousness and illusions.
Hanging only by a cord, Teoria evokes the precarious balance often refered to in mythological narratives. The astonishing black mass, subject as it is to the immutable laws of gravity, could collapse upon humanity. Dramatic and dreamlike, mysterious and disproportionate, this object with the look of a meteorite threatens our existence. Teoria provides viewers with a perceptual experience that leads them to both contemplate and fear this strange and enthralling work, whose inner character and origin cannot be penetrated or recognized.