Stone by Stone, 2022
Pen on paper
50X65cm
This drawing is a culmination of sensations and in it I represent the fascination with architecture. These incredible and majestic monuments, from the Mayan Pyramid, or the Hagia Sophia, to Notre Dame, create some uneasiness in me, the thought of someone taking the stone and molding it, fitting it together and creating something so magnificent. And as one of my works is not just about linear representation, I represent in it Belvedere by artist MC Escher, where the impossible and surrealism live in the middle of the ruin as if it had existed but now forgotten in time. At the top of the drawing, on purpose, I open a small space where the Tower of Babel is born, in which there is a city and a tower so tall enough to reach the sky. Finally, and with great enthusiasm, I draw a project by Jochen Gerz and his wife Esther Shalev-Gerz, the Monument against Fascism: an imposing twelve meter steel column erected. This work slowly disappeared over time and here I allow it to exist again and remain together with the word and the meaning it entails.
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Stone by Stone, 2022
Pen on paper
50X65cm
This drawing is a culmination of sensations and in it I represent the fascination with architecture. These incredible and majestic monuments, from the Mayan Pyramid, or the Hagia Sophia, to Notre Dame, create some uneasiness in me, the thought of someone taking the stone and molding it, fitting it together and creating something so magnificent. And as one of my works is not just about linear representation, I represent in it Belvedere by artist MC Escher, where the impossible and surrealism live in the middle of the ruin as if it had existed but now forgotten in time. At the top of the drawing, on purpose, I open a small space where the Tower of Babel is born, in which there is a city and a tower so tall enough to reach the sky. Finally, and with great enthusiasm, I draw a project by Jochen Gerz and his wife Esther Shalev-Gerz, the Monument against Fascism: an imposing twelve meter steel column erected. This work slowly disappeared over time and here I allow it to exist again and remain together with the word and the meaning it entails.
Shipping costs are available in our Shipping Policy. After payment confirmation, the artwork is prepared for dispatch. Verification, packaging and logistics validation may take up to 5 working days.
Free returns within 14 days. To return an artwork, simply go to the Returns Policy page and fill in the form, indicating the preferred collection date. After our confirmation, the courier will collect from the indicated address.
Buyer Protection removes any risk of fraud from our platform. P55.ART will resolve the situation if the purchased item does not match its description. We only send the purchase amount to the seller after the customer receives the artwork and is satisfied with their purchase.
André Rita Seguir artista +
André Rita,Born in 1991
Porto, Portugal
I don't consider myself an illustrator, I consider myself perhaps an observer lucky enough to have a hand that follows my gaze.
As a young artist, my influences come mainly from my experiences, but they don't just come from them. Everything that crosses my path, and on which I look, has the ability to influence me in some way. Each of my creations goes through self-critical reflection, however, the work process has its own freedom, since my entire process until the final result is completely unexpected, in the sense that even I am surprised by the final creation.
It is easily noticeable that everything I create, or almost everything, emerges from architecture. The search for self is deeply linked to my obsession with fictional houses and cities, which are entirely linked to the sense of my own identity.
In my work, from a more intimate and personal point of view, there is a rejection of perfection, canons and even reality as we know it. My houses are, therefore, imperfect, uninhabitable, impossible, imaginary, utopian, but authentic beings and, therefore, a mirror of my body and my being.
Currently, and with the creation of the André Rita Atelier, I developed a more introspective work, avoiding the expectations that may exist, keeping in mind that the reason I started drawing was because I felt that there was something I wanted to manifest in order to have a greater understanding of myself and how to coexist with the rest of the world. society.
In the future, I try to ensure that my homes find a common space between reality and fiction, opening paths and possibilities for me and everyone.
