| I am fascinated by the relationship between the natural and man-made worlds, and their effects on one another. |  |
Pedro Cruz-Castro
I am fascinated by the relationship between the natural and man-made worlds, and their effects on one another. Recent work has pushed the boundaries of these relationships to absurd limits, in response to our dawning comprehension of the effects of our production and consumption.
Cow is one of a series of drawings of farm animals burnt on leather. The sections suggest the work of a butcher, the animal hide as the source of the concept and the support for the drawing. In Living Furniture, traditional furniture metamorphoses, growing animal parts that give them life, while rendering them non-functional and absurd. The table with hooves is part of this installation, which includes sketches, mixed-media prints, sculptures, and models set in their own built environment. The Useless Objects installation includes 42 found objects represented in drawings and sculptures; i.e.: a fan, covered in gauze, coated in plaster, and painted black; made useless, an “artifact” and/or archeological sample, and its corresponding drawing.
My work is about using all materials, all approaches to find content. The content is: things changing, being born, scorched, tangled, matted, painted, dressed up. Paint, latex, rubber, hair, cloth, street-find, metal, wood, plastic—everything is usable.Drawing, painting, sculpting, building, patching, stapling, sewing—everything is possible.
The hands-on, multisensory process remains visible in the finished product, as if an invitation to viewers to explore, while at the same time, shocking them to question their own assumptions about the known world.
