Primitive RevivalSolo Show | Etesian | Ciutadella, Menorca | Spain | 2023
“Primitive Revival” represents a praise of spiritual cultivation and alternative ways of knowing.
In a world of appearances and masks, claiming atavistic art symbolizes an avant-garde movement.The objective is to collide head-on with the fast-paced and ephemeral life that defines today’s society - not having time as a synonym of success, cultivating the form neglecting the substance, the search for single-use stimuli, and the constant, excessive need for dopamine.With this series of works, Toni Salom claims to go back in order to move forward; defending thought and, at the same time, censoring the dictatorship of entertainment that keeps us trapped, totally absorbed, and outside of ourselves.
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“Primitive Revival” representa una alabanza del cultivo espiritual y las vías alternativas de conocimiento.
En un mundo de apariencias y máscaras reivindicar el arte atávico simboliza un movimiento de vanguardia. El objetivo es chocar frontalmente contra la vida acelerada y efímera que marca tendencia hoy en día. El no tener tiempo como sinónimo de éxito, el cultivo de la forma descuidando el fondo, la búsqueda de estímulos de un solo uso y la necesidad constante e injustificada de dopamina.
Con esta serie de obras, Toni Salom reclama volver atrás para poder avanzar; hacer apología del pensamiento y, al mismo tiempo, censurar la dictadura del entretenimiento que nos mantiene atrapados, totalmente absortos, fuera de nosotros mismos.
Sion Capçana
(2) Sugar aquatint, woodcut, collagraph, dry point and collage on Hahnemüle 300g paper100 x 70 cm.
Cooper plate used in process for one of the printmakes100 x 70 cm.
Sandstone55 x 31 x 25 cm.
Sandstone71 x 25 x 18 cm.
Sandstone68 x 25 x 18 cm.
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas160 x 100 cm.
Sandstone60 x 35 x 25 cm.
(24) Mix media on paper / 40 x 40 cm.(3) Vases / white ceramic, black glaze.
Painted wood box used to preserve the 24 works on paper45 x 45 cm.
Plates: White ceramic / black glaze.
