Stairs
Throughout my artistic career, I've traversed diverse styles of collage creation, from complex multi-layered compositions to minimalist pieces that juxtapose just two or three images, exploring an imminent tension between subjects. I also delved into abstract geometrical works reusing one single image multiple times.
During my transition to digital-only in 2016, I naturally began to experiment with incorporating the same image multiple times in the background layer, harnessing the power of recursion to infuse depth and intrigue into my creations. In 2018, I had set myself a challenge: to craft a collage using one single image as source, this was White Stairs (see below).
Out of all the things I've explored in my 20 years as an artist, it's staircases that have fascinated me the most. To me, stairs show depth and perspective on a flat canvas, creating a surreal geometric 3D world on a 2D surface. In my ongoing series, I want to explore this idea and create a connection between the reality and some wild physics-defying dimension.
The endless repetition with variation creates a visual rhythm similar to music, with its patterns and motifs. I'm also a huge fan of music, specially minimalism, electronic and indian classical music.
These collages are minted as NFTs:
white stairs (2008) - iuridclgs20180819
curvy stairs (2019) - iuridclgs20190826
curvy stairs (2019) - iuridclgs20190826
stairs balancing (2020) - iuridclgs20201210
stairsriats (2020) - iuridclgs20201220
rgb stairs (2020) - iuridclgs20201225
tube stairs (2022) - iuridclgs20221217
tate stairs (2023) - iuridclgs20230128
modern stairs (2023) - iuridclgs20230218
tristairs (2023) - iuridclgs20230330
pompidou stairs (2023) - iuridclgs20230923
orsay double stairs (2023) - iuridclgs20230929
