ARTUR LESCHER

The works of the ‘Metaméricos’ series are linear sculptures made of wooden segments and custom brass hinges that can take many configurations and positions in space. Evoking the possibility of the fluidity of matter, the artist creates transformable articulations that incorporate the complicity of the viewer as they are modified.

Another key component in Lescher’s body of work is architecture, both in synthesis and context. In an abstraction exercise of in-situ installations, the artist adopts the spatial situations of the exhibition space to transform corners, walls and doors into large-scale installations. His works emerge subtly as poetic gestures in space transmitting force and instability, balance and movement, tension and silence. Neutralized, the functionality of the object ceases to exist and the possibilities of interpretation and meaning multiply.

Artur Lescher emerged in the mid-80’s, influenced by the Neo-Concrete movement (Mira Schendel, Helio Oiticica, Sergio Camargo), into the Brazilian art scene. From this point of rupture he has presented his work in the major museums and institutions of Brazil including: the São Paulo Biennale, Biennale Mercosur, MAC and MAM in São Paulo. He has also exhibited his work in Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, USA and France.

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