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(1122) Diogo Lando - Caterpillars of Change
350
About this artwork
Art in the time of COVID-19”… I think the page I got from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge 1950’s Encyclopedia could not be more fitting to this theme. The world is on hold, catastrophes and changes are happening and uncertainty dictates our future, but with less or grater loss, humans will endure, adapt and survive.
Caterpillars are voracious feeders, symbols as plagues or social dependents (Shakespeare’s Bolingbroke), bringuers of chaos and change. But once they go through a metamorphosis into a butterfly, they become a symbol of the human soul, Spring and rebirth. I believe all these features can be related to the times we are living.
Probably, the true question that is imposed by the Caterpillar is: ”Who are you?”.
This piece uses many of the symbols that are recurrent in my body of work, the human figure, the multi-layered composition, wraps, textures and patterns, which are the foundation to introduce the characters and stories of this work. There is a full life circle idea between the caterpillars, the butterfly and the dead flowers, but in the present, the logical order, what comes first, is absent and uncertain.
About Diogo
My work is catagerosized as Digital Art, or Digital Fine Art, but the medium does not make it less human oriented as the human experience is the most important element in my work. Irregardless of the social, political, cultural and historical aspects that are often attached to what it means to be human, I rather make emphasis on the human themselves and their life from birth, to growth, to death.
The subjects in my work are oftentimes depicted being merged with their environment, layers and textures from the background blending in with the human form, as if blurring the lines of identity.
Surrounding objects and locations don’t usually have an important role to play in any art piece. It’s a work absent of time, usually surrounded by an environment that transcends reality and enters imagination, inviting the viewer to make a contemplative pause and make their own interpretations and connections on human, mental, emotional levels and beyond.
It’s human awareness and universal truths that I strive for.
Link to Diogo’s Art Aviso Profile HERE
Diogo was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:
Volume 1
The story of animal life – Creatures of the land, air and sea.
Caterpillars of a beautiful Butterfly
Art in the time of COVID-19”… I think the page I got from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge 1950’s Encyclopedia could not be more fitting to this theme. The world is on hold, catastrophes and changes are happening and uncertainty dictates our future, but with less or grater loss, humans will endure, adapt and survive.
Caterpillars are voracious feeders, symbols as plagues or social dependents (Shakespeare’s Bolingbroke), bringuers of chaos and change. But once they go through a metamorphosis into a butterfly, they become a symbol of the human soul, Spring and rebirth. I believe all these features can be related to the times we are living.
Probably, the true question that is imposed by the Caterpillar is: ”Who are you?”.
This piece uses many of the symbols that are recurrent in my body of work, the human figure, the multi-layered composition, wraps, textures and patterns, which are the foundation to introduce the characters and stories of this work. There is a full life circle idea between the caterpillars, the butterfly and the dead flowers, but in the present, the logical order, what comes first, is absent and uncertain.
About Diogo
My work is catagerosized as Digital Art, or Digital Fine Art, but the medium does not make it less human oriented as the human experience is the most important element in my work. Irregardless of the social, political, cultural and historical aspects that are often attached to what it means to be human, I rather make emphasis on the human themselves and their life from birth, to growth, to death.
The subjects in my work are oftentimes depicted being merged with their environment, layers and textures from the background blending in with the human form, as if blurring the lines of identity.
Surrounding objects and locations don’t usually have an important role to play in any art piece. It’s a work absent of time, usually surrounded by an environment that transcends reality and enters imagination, inviting the viewer to make a contemplative pause and make their own interpretations and connections on human, mental, emotional levels and beyond.
It’s human awareness and universal truths that I strive for.
Link to Diogo’s Art Aviso Profile HERE
Diogo was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:
Volume 1
The story of animal life – Creatures of the land, air and sea.
Caterpillars of a beautiful Butterfly
Artist:
Diogo LandoMedium:
Digital Fine Art . Collage . Photo-ManipulationDimensions:
A4Price:
350 EUR