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HIERBAS
DAÑINAS. BALTAZAR TORRES
22
JUNE-22 AUGUST
One
of the most internationally recognised Portuguese
artists, Baltazar Torres (Figueira de Castelo
Rodrigo, 1961), will be presenting Hierbas Dañinas
(Harmful Weeds), an exhibition created specially
for CAC Málaga which, as he says himself,
is his "best work so far".
Using
a framework of miniature models and figures, he
reflects on contemporary society and the way man
transforms his environment. Hierbas Dañinas
brings together a total of fourteen works representing
small stages where situations are enacted, highlighting
the problems of dehumanisation and the absurdity
of modern life.
The
small size of the pieces enables the spectator
to observe events with the clarity that comes
from distance, since, as Torres says, the speed
of events happening leads people to take part
in the "huge mistake" without realising.
Among
the works on show, we should single out the ones
grouped under the title Como Animales (Like animals,
2004), twenty scenes of 13x13x13 centimetres done
with different materials such as wood, PVC, leather
and tin. They are metaphors for the apartments
of big cities, places of refuge where stress,
anxiety and depression rise to the surface. The
city in Torresıs work is a labyrinthine territory
of search, panic and isolation. "It's like
being inside a tin of sardines, but without being
able to communicate with other people", says
the artist.
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