"Elements" 14th Nov 2013
(preview) - 4th Jan 2014
La
galerie Woolff présente, pour la deuxième année, les nouvelles œuvres de l'artiste brésilien de renommée
internationale Valéria Nascimento. Inspirée par la nature son travail de
porcelaine est remarquable. Raffinement et fragilité!
Following ceramic artist Valéria Nascimento’s hugely
successful solo shows in 2009 and 2011, the Woolff Gallery is delighted to
present her long-awaited, third solo exhibition, ‘Elements’.
Valéria Nascimento was born in Brazil (1962) and spent
her childhood on a farm, giving rise to an affection and fascination with
natural forms that inspires her elegant, whisper-thin ceramics.
Initially trained as an architect, Nascimento instead
became fascinated by ceramics. She worked as a ceramic artist in Brazil through
the 1990s, then moved to London in 1999. She has been represented by the Woolff
Gallery since 2007. Nascimento’s architectural training reappears through
repetitive sequences and structures where tiny individual pieces are repeated
into larger scale works ultimately resembling coral reefs, sea anemones,
flowers, blossoms, leaves, petals, or pods.
“Nature, fragility, weightlessness and repetition are all
key elements that inspire me to explore and shape the porcelain with
spontaneity, creating new organic forms inspired by the natural world. I am
fascinated by the concept of multiples and the possibilities that it offers me
to work with an extensive range of scale. ‘Elements’ is a collection of works
that developed from found fragments of nature. The concept of ‘Multiples’,
helps to explore an extensive range of scale to create organic compositions”.
VALÉRIA NASCIMENTO
‘Elements’ is another outstanding collection of artworks
from Valéria Nascimento, the exhibition will commence with a preview at the
Woolff Gallery on Thursday 14th November 2013.
