Fire - luis albuquerque´s photograph

Fire (fogueira)

40x60

Cinders, ash and dust

lie on forgotten sands

allowing the echo of nature’s voice to roam

the mutism of this fire consumed by silence.

 

After photographing the charred remains of a fire, the artist digitally manipulated the resulting image to obtain this surreal and graphically suggestive work of art. Memories of ancestral rites and unpurged curses are the blue-violet ash lying on the ground in some forest lost in the memory of time. The cinder and ash contrast in the sunlight which penetrates the inner half-shadow of the forest. A light brown stain spreads across the sand on the ground, contrasting with the dark half-consumed charred branches.....

 

This photograph is contained in the 2008/2009 catalogue of the Albuquerque e Lima Gallery, where it is available for purchase.

 

O cisco, a cinza e a poeira

jazem sobre as areias esquecidas

deixando o eco da  voz da natureza percorrer
o mutismo desta fogueira consumida pelo silêncio.
 

Depois de fotografar os os restos calcinados de uma fogueira o autor manipulou digitalmente a imagem obtida de forma a obter o trabalho surreal de um grafismo sugestivo. Memórias de ritos ancestrais e de maldições não purificadas são a cinza azul-violeta que jaz no chão de uma qualquer floresta perdida na memória dos tempos. O cisco e a cinza  contrastam no sol que penetra na meia sombra interior da floresta. Na areia do chão  uma nódoa castanha clara espraia-se contrastando com os ramos escuros calcinados semi-consumidos.....

 Esta fotografia integra o catálogo de fotografia 2008/2009 da Galeria da Albuquerque e Lima e pode ser adquirido na referida Galeria de Arte.

www.galeriaalima.webnode.com

luis albuquerque (Luís Filipe Lima Albuquerque) was born in 1983.

He is a student at the Escola Universitária de Artes de Coimbra [Coimbra University College of Arts] and has been devoted to painting since 2000.

Since 2004 his work has been regularly exhibited at the Albuquerque e Lima Gallery, where he is a resident artist. 

in Myths of Art - an anthology of contemporary Portuguese painters - Chiado Editora 2009

 

Luis Albuquerque’s paintings and photographs are available at the Albuquerque e Lima Gallery and can be viewed in the catalogue or on LCD at the registered offices of the Company (see contact information).