Aurel PortéIn the midst of packing, I found some of my first paintings. Created over ten years ago, they stem from my fascination with industrial ruins and the echoes of modernity.
“The end” revisits a mining landscape that has been stripped (mostly at ground level) of many of its details. In the background, one can make out gallery entrances; to the right, a wagon and rails; above, the beginning of a ceiling dotted with bolts (elements designed to prevent collapse by holding layers of rock together).
In the foreground, a barefoot girl dances, indifferent to her surroundings. I saw in this juxtaposition a kind of answer to the question: What should we do with this modern legacy? With this bygone era? What comes next? — Dancing on the past as the simplest way to turn the present into a celebration.
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#painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #zeitgenossischekunst #malerei #artcontemporain #peinturecontemporaine #peinture #art #industrialruins #urbex
“The end” revisits a mining landscape that has been stripped (mostly at ground level) of many of its details. In the background, one can make out gallery entrances; to the right, a wagon and rails; above, the beginning of a ceiling dotted with bolts (elements designed to prevent collapse by holding layers of rock together).
In the foreground, a barefoot girl dances, indifferent to her surroundings. I saw in this juxtaposition a kind of answer to the question: What should we do with this modern legacy? With this bygone era? What comes next? — Dancing on the past as the simplest way to turn the present into a celebration.
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#painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #zeitgenossischekunst #malerei #artcontemporain #peinturecontemporaine #peinture #art #industrialruins #urbex
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