Conceptual shifts and defunctionalizations (Installations - Paintings)

Conceptual shifts. Universal gravity forces humans to encode natural elements, language and thought in relation to their center of gravity. If man were to undergo a 180 ° rotation, his perception of things would be changed and would have a misleading impact on him. Therefore, a hypothetical spectator, faced with an object or an inverted natural element, unable to free himself from a conventional reading, would be forced to reposition the object with his mind (even tilting his head) according to the setting of his own center of gravity. The processing of the new unnatural visual data forces the viewer to give up the new point of view and the new form, or to accept them passively. In both cases there is a distortion of perception, a short circuit that generates disorientation. Losing its functional and aesthetic power, the overturned object becomes something "other" and has no definition.

Defunctionalizations. An idea born in 1985 with experimental prototypes. The concept of “Meaning” as a coding term and common reference is studied in depth. The meaning depends solely on the purpose. The meaning of a functioning object will not be the same as that of an object that is intentionally broken and deprived of its function. Breaking the object automatically deletes its meaning. The object in its original form is defined as "A-intact" with its meaning "B-coherent". The broken object becomes "A-mutated" while "B-coherent", the original meaning, is canceled. The object separated from its function and its meaning takes on a new morphology and a new ontological determination. Its new aesthetic becomes its new meaning and its new function. And it can be called "C-native". The result is an aesthetic and conceptual distortion, caused by the morphological memory of the object in its original "A-intact" state. In that, despite the evident new meaning and function, the mind continues to recognize the previous morphology, due to the mnemonic information connected to its "former" meaning.

The Bride's Funeral - Dead Painting (Conceptual Shift). 2008-2018©. 50x60x20 cm, acrylic on board, wood, metal.

Ontological Determination. (Conceptual Shift). 1994©. Cm25x19x30, acrylic on wood, stone.

Ontological Determination. (Conceptual Shift). 2000©. Cm30x17x24, acrylic on wood, stone.

Embroidery on the table. (Conceptual Shift). 2017©. Cm30x27x6, acrylic on wood, steel.

Appropriation and conceptual displacement. 2020©. Variable dimensions, acrylic on wood, necklace and bell.

Thing among things-Dust collector. 2004©. 130x130 cm diptych. Acrylic on board, wire, glass.

16f (Defunctionalization). 2003 ©. Cm 17x16x11, porcelain and gold. Photographs of the installation 100x150 cm, print on plexiglass.

Performance on Dull Noise-Variations on Scream by Edvard Munch (Conceptual Shift). 2020©. Variable dimensions, acrylic on wood, steel, electric wire.

Former soup tureen (Defunctionalization). 2003©. Cm 30x23x16, porcelain and gold. Photographs of the installation 100x150 cm, print on plexiglass.

Improbable Dialogue (Conceptual Shift). 2020©. Cm 120x60, acrylic on wood, iron wire, teddy bear.

Losing one's function creates anxiety p3 (Defunctionalization). 2007©. Cm 20x21x10, 1905 psychology book, string, sealing wax. Photographs of the installation 100x150 cm, print on plexiglass.

Study for Apartment (Conceptual Shift). 2019©. Cm 180x90, acrylic on board.

The indeterminate principle (Conceptual Shift). 2019©. Cm 80x60, acrylic on board.

Singularity (Conceptual Shift). 1994-2008©. Cm 40x13x12, acrylic on offset printing applied to cardboard, wood, mirror.

Losing one's function creates anxiety n° 75 (Defunctionalization). 2009©. Cm 39x32x20, wood, glass, cut keys, string and sealing wax.

Losing one's function creates anxiety n° 34 (Defunctionalization). 2009©. Cm 45 x32 x21, wood, glass, hammer cut into pieces, string and sealing wax.

Losing one's function creates anxiety n° 19 (Defunctionalization). 2009©. Cm 41x30x16, wooden container, fabric, brass, glass, cut keys, sealing wax, string, enamel.

Defunctionalization of the 5 (Defunctionalization). 2007©. 18x15x10 cm, porcelain. Photographs of the installation, Cm 100x150, digital printing on plexiglass.

The noise depends on the origin (Conceptual Displacement). 2003-2019©. Variable dimensions, acrylic on board, wood, stone, embroidered fabric, nylon.

Fragment of the landscape behind (Conceptual Shift). 2018-2019©. Cm 150x87, acrylic on board, iron wire, stone.

Gravity and perception (Conceptual Shift). 2012-2018©. Cm 160x90, acrylic on board, rope, stone.

The law is the same for everyone (Conceptual Shift). 2019©. Cm 120x80, acrylic on board, wood, mirror, string, glass container, grass.

Defunctionalized 8 (Defunctionalization). 2016-2017©. Cm 18x4x10, Fork, spoon and knife cut, string and sealing wax. Photographs of the installation 100x150 cm, digital printing on plexiglass.

Two Men Invited to a Party (Conceptual Shift). 2003-2019©. Cm 90x100, acrylic, felt-tip pen and paper on wood, iron wire, marble.

Defunctionalized 16f (Defunctionalization). 2003©. Cm 17x16x11, porcelain, brass. Photographs of the installation 100x150 cm, digital printing on plexiglass.

Former Teapot (Defunctionalization). 2002©. Cm 19x18x18, porcelain, mirror. Photographs of the installation 100x150 cm, digital printing on plexiglass.

Dead Painting - Portrait of Man with Hat (Conceptual Shift) 2019©. Painting 43x57 cm, acrylic on board, wooden board 130x80 cm, real size hammer.

Defunctionalized 7 (Defunctionalization). 2006©. 20x20 cm, cut glasses, wood, enamel. Photograph of the installation 100x150 cm, digital printing on plexiglass.

Losing one's function creates anxiety 1x (Defunctionalization). 2001©. Cm 60x12, saw for wood whose teeth have been removed. Photographs of the installation 100x150 cm, digital printing on plexiglass.

Unlikely Dialogue (Conceptual Shift). 2013©. Cm 110x90, acrylic on canvas.

L.H.O.O.Q, I don't think (Conceptual Shift. 2010©. Cm 50x40, acrylic and enamel on board.

Water cataloged n° 52 (Conceptual Shift). 2005©. Cm 50x40, acrylic on cardboard, fragment of paper from 1720 with the inscription: Painting dead on the back.

Global Aquarium (Conceptual Shift. 2009©. Cm 120x80, acrylic on board.

Floating Nature (Conceptual Shift). 2010©. Cm 180x180x8, acrylic on canvas applied to the table, acrylic on paper sheet.

Cultural Annunciation (Conceptual Shift). 2011-2013©. Cm 120x80, acrylic on board, rope, Stone, antique frame.

Decadence and Rebirth - Venus with long arms (Conceptual Shift). 2014-2018©. Cm 80x70, acrylic and enamel on board.

Variations on Landscape by Rembrandt with Dante in Love (Conceptual Shift). 2012-2013©. Cm 100x120, acrylic on canvas applied to the table.

Variations on Boel (Conceptual Shift). 2004©. Cm 140x100, acrylic and enamel on board.

S. Rita with the thorn on her forehead (Conceptual Shift). 2013-2018©. 98x63 cm, acrylic and pure gold on wood.

Conceptual Shift with Time Experiment. 2001-2010©. Cm 110x90, acrylic on board. Time changes space n ° 4, from 2001 to 2009. Cm 34x25, graphite and colored pencil on paper. Made in 9 consecutive years. The trial ended on November 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm.

The absent Madonna (Conceptual Shift). 2007-2013©. Acrylic on glass, bronze lacquered frame, fabric.

Unlikely Dialogue N° 26. 2004©. Cm 110x95, acrylic on board, lens, nails.

Aesthetic rhetoric and return to the essential (different repetition). 2005©. Cm 110x90, acrylic on board, hammer.

Destroy beauty to climb the evolutionary ladder (Different repetition). 2005©. Cm 110x90, acrylic on board, hammer.

Portrait of girl at sunset. 2005©. Cm 105x88, acrylic on board, shoe.

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