Carla Cabanas

Carla Cabanas What remains of what it was Archived word Celtis australis L. Essay for the construction of an herbarium

Carlos Carvalho Arte Contempor창nea Lisboa, Portugal

Carla Cabanas What remains of what it was Archived

What remains of what it was Archived word, 2014 Laser cutting on inkjet print, acrylic and wood Variable sizes Lisboa, Portugal

ARCHIVED WORD developed from a set of early 20th century postcards belonging to Carla Cabanas' own private collection, and some others belonging to Eduardo Portugal's - collection of Lisbon City Archive - Photography.

Following on the reflection which has been directing her artistic career so far, particularly matters and questions dealing with loss of memory(ies) and the passage of time in documents and images, this exhibition brings to light yet a new configuration in the artist's work. (...)

Sofia Castro

Lisboa, Portugal

Carla Cabanas Celtis australis L.

Celtis australis L., 2015 Laser cutting on inkjet print Variable sizes Lisboa, Portugal

Celtis australis L. was produced to the 19th Program of Exhibitions in Carpe Diem Art and Research, curated by Lourenรงo Igreja.

This project contains two moments: an exterior and an interior. Both are born from the idea, developed by the artist in residency, whose starting point are the leaves of the trees in the garden. In this process the artist acquired random photographs at the Feira da Ladra in Lisbon. These were then scanned and printed by ink jet process and then the paper was laser cutted. The final work is an installation that works as a metaphor and it occupies one of the rooms in the palace and the fountain in the garden. For the artist, the main focus of the work is the point in which the installation on the garden is exposed to climate elements, such as wind and sun, and its consequent transformation. The 13.200 leaves are a metaphor for the process of life and its evolution. The visitor will be confronted, in the words of the artist, by the poetics of time.

Lourenรงo Egreja

Carla Cabanas Essay for the construction of an herbarium

Carla Cabanas draws a parallel between the transience of nature and photography process pointing in both the cycle of life and death.

The plant leaf and the photographic paper retain the same vital character, but fragile, belonging to a set of universal and complex relationships.

Essay for the construction of an herbarium, 2015 Laser cutting on inkjet print 33 x 21 cm [54 x 40 cm (frame size)]

Essay for the construction of an herbarium, 2015 Laser cutting on inkjet print 24 x 33 cm [45 x 52,5 cm (frame size)]

Essay for the construction of an herbarium, 2015 Laser cutting on inkjet print 23 x 15 cm [44 x 37,7 cm (frame size)]

Essay for the construction of an herbarium, 2015 Laser cutting on inkjet print 20 x 20 cm [40,5 x 38,5 cm (frame size)]

Essay for the construction of an herbarium, 2015 Laser cutting on inkjet print 24 x 24 cm 45,8 x 44,8 cm [frame size]

Essay for the construction of an herbarium, 2015 Laser cutting on inkjet print 24 x 24 cm 45,8 x 44,8 cm [frame size]

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