Installed and exhibited in the Palais de Tokyo, Henrique Oliveira once again amazes us with his ability to create a organic surreal layer to well-known objects.
This time, rigid architectural columns and beams painted in white dissolve into a knot of tree branches or roots creating a surreal artwork.
The Brazilian artist explores the fluidity of materials and portray’s the organic growth of favelas in Brazilian urban contexts therefore revealing the decay of Sao Paulo’s urban fabric.
Oliveira usually uses materials from his country’s urban landscape, such as wooden elements from fences and surroundings in his installations.
By Marwah Garib
