Hugo Canoilas: Spiral

Installationsansicht, Hugo Canoilas: Spiral, Casa do Campo Pequeno, Centro de Artes, Porto, 2024

Casa do Campo Pequeno is pleased to present Spiral by Hugo Canoilas. This intervention by Canoilas includes a series of large-format works made between 2012 and 2023, from his participation in the XXX São Paulo Biennial to one of his most recent presentations as part of the FLAD Drawing Prize.
The architecture of the Casa do Campo Pequeno is praised through the installation of paintings on fabric that unfold according to the harmonious relationship between work and space, creating an upward spiral movement. In this way, pre-existing chronological and thematic relationships are broken, transforming the reading of this exhibition into a new order in relation to perspective—which spiral movement allows, quoting the composer Sun Ra and his desire for movement towards infinity.The Etruscan character of these paintings can be found in their drawn form, which is constantly adjusted through layers that oscillate between the wall and floor. From the wall, where the image is conceived, towards the floor, to the procedural inking, using abstraction merged with dripping, the inversion of the canvas, or the channeling of paint flows through folding, they create a mimetic relationship with nature. In this relationship of symbiosis and osmosis between chemical and natural elements, acrylic-based colors and water succumb to the pressure of the elements, such as water, air, and temperature.

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