The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary present an exhibition by the Swiss artist Claudia Comte (1983), which brings together a series of sculptures carved with a chainsaw for the occasion from endemic wood found in Jamaica, during her residency as part of the interdisciplinary and collaborative programme of TBA21–Academy and Alligator Head Foundation, in Port Antonio. Thanks to this programme, her research and her passion for the oceans, Comte has understood that corals play a fundamental role in the production of oxygen on Earth and that their extinction can have a profound impact on life on our planet.
After Nature revolves around the understanding of coral reefs and the need to encourage their regeneration and is divided into two spaces, day and night, each of which refers to a moment in the process of research and reconciliation with life in the oceans. In the daytime space, wooden sculptures in the shape of coral are displayed, while the nighttime space evokes the darkness of the depths of the seabed, with a mural painting that, through graphics, shapes, technology and materials, becomes an immersive installation that encourages reflection and an approach to corals.
Texts: Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, Markus Reymann and Chus Martinez
Soft cover, 51 pages. 24 x 17cm. Spanish.
ISBN: 9783950206463
