Elf Arrow’, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and The Approach, London. Photo: Michal Brzezinsk
For his first solo exhibition with the gallery, The Approach is pleased to announce new sculptures and paper collages by Brazilian artist, Anderson Borba. Borba (b. 1972, Santos, Brazil) lives and works in both London and São Paulo. Through his practice, he seeks textural ambiguity, twisting and expanding the material and conceptual possibilities of wood, creating autonomous totems or hanging wall reliefs. A distinctive feature of Borba’s approach is the synthesis of traditional techniques with contemporary modes of expression, such as digitally manipulated images where the boundaries between image and material blur. Borba’s practice involves negotiating with materials to determine...
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Anderson Borba, 'Elf Arrow', 2024, Wood, paper, plaster, wood stain, oil pastel, transparent gesso, steel, 186 x 35 x 40 cm. Courtesy of the artist and The Approach, London. Photo: Michal Brzezinski
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Anderson Borba, 'Selfie', 2024., Wood, wood stain, wood paint, paper, oil stick, oil paint, lacquer, wax, and gilt cream, 95 x 27 x 76 cm. Courtesy of the artist and The Approach, London PhotO: Michal Brzezinski
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Anderson Borba, Suspended Canon, 2024, Wood, wood stain, wood paint, gilt cream, plaster, and oil paint, 173 x 54 x 20 cm. Courtesy of the artist and The Approach, London. Photo: Michal Brzezinski
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