arthobler gallery for contemporary art
vanessa chrystie, 2002, no title, 110 x 300 cm, watercolour on paper
paulo neves, 2009, bio-grafias, ca. 210 x 150 x 150 cm, chestnut wood, pigments
we are pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition  on 9th of June at 16 h vanessa chrystie / paulo neves "water and wood" exhibition:     9th of june – 7th of july 2012 thursday to saturday 15h00 – 19h30
Two souls float as free as clouds caressed by the wind, the light of the sun and the moon. They are emanated by the same creative force, travelling through the same space. They find each other side by side in the mirror of the same house of art, offering us the same water that flows from the invitation of Manuela and Joseph, two helvetic twin souls. Their artistic hands draw and stain transparent surfaces and white paper, sculpturing and de-materializing reason, sensitivity and respect for the natural object. The work is formed by fine delicate fibers, as water drops, forming continuous surfaces of parallel lines. Unified, they change into channels, conductors of colour and life, creating through our imagination strong images of dark volumes born from the mother rock. Maintaining always the light of emptiness and the hollow space of the old branches, of delicate leafs and timeless flowers, of emotion, that flows transparently over white walls. The watercolors by Vanessa Chrystie and the sculptures by Paulo Neves are rhythmic, beautiful and timeless …. Leaving us feeling peaceful and tranquil. José Perdigão
Duas almas fluem livres como nuvens acariciadas pelo vento, pela luz do sol e da lua. São emanadas pela mesma força da criatividade, percorrendo o espaço e o mesmo tempo. Subitamente encontram-se lado a lado, no espelho da mesma Casa das Artes e oferecem-nos da mesma água que brota do convite da Manuela e do Joseph, duas almas gémeas helvéticas. Com as mãos desenham e mancham as superfícies transparentes ou brancas de papel, esculpindo e imaterializando a razão, a sensibilidade e o respeito pela peça natural. A obra à partida é formada por pequenas fibras muito delicadas, como gotas de água, formando superfícies contínuas de linhas paralelas. Depois, num enlace, transformam-se em canais mais ou menos translúcidos condutores de cor e de vida, criando no nosso imaginário imagens fortes de volumes escuros paridos pela rocha mãe, mas sempre com luz de vazios e ocos de antigos galhos, de frágeis folhas e intemporais flores, de emoção, que se estendem em transparências pelo branco das paredes. O trabalho de aguarela da Vanessa e de madeira do Paulo é rítmico, grandioso e infinito.... Faz-nos sentir tranquilamente felizes ! José Perdigão
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