Vela (Candle), 1998 by Iran do Espírito Santo
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Iran do Espírito Santo
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Iran do Espírito Santo
Vela (Candle), 1998
stainless steel
incised with initials, dated 1998 and numbered 7/10 to the underside
13 x 3 x 1.25 in ( 33 x 7.6 x 3.2 cm ) ( overall )
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Calgary
Private Collection, Calgary
Iran do Espírito Santo worked in photography laboratories in his youth, where he explored the limits of light on photosensitive papers. When industrial design came into his sculptural practice, he began to reconstruct objects that produce light such as, fluorescent bulbs, light fixtures, and candles. With the artist’s candle, the viewer is forced into a meditative experience, realizing that an everyday candle is a temporary object, diminishing as it burns. By fashioning a candle out of polished stainless steel, the multidisciplinary artist invites the audience to consider questions of permanence and temporality.
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