How Everything Started
It was summer of 2000, I saw a big log in the backyard and decided to carve a lion out of it. Before that, I had already done some works but not in that size. And when I began I noticed that the log had cracks on both sides, it had to be cut so that the middle part could be used. So we started cutting it with my backyard friends and that process turned into an event. After that, when I started working on that lion, all people were coming and asking me what went on, when it would be ready. I was responding I’ll tell when it’s done. When it was ready I brought it down to the backyard and I saw the excitement and attitude of those people. That was, so to say, my first solo exhibition.
MY WORKS
Everything starts with an idea. Having an idea is fundamental for conceiving and creating an artwork. Once the idea is here, it is so volatile, immaterial and untouchable. The artist catches the idea planning in air and transform it to a touchable and visual object. This transformation is the art of sculpture.What I look to see in my works is the movement. I understand well that by their physical nature artwork are static, they can’t move, change the position. So to give some life to them I try create the illusion of movement.