PHYSICS AND THE PRESENT IN PEDRO TORRES' EXHIBITION AT ZIELINSKY BARCELONA

From 02/27/2025 to 04/30/2025
Barcelona, Spain

Zielinsky Barcelona presents Una breve quemadura (A Brief Burn), a solo exhibition by Pedro Torres (Glória de Dourados, Brazil, 1982), where the artist invites viewers to explore, both visually and conceptually, the present and our relationship with the world and environment. Through his work, the Brazilian artist explores the etymology of "the present," presence, and temporality, attempting to resolve certain uncertainties while challenging the linearity of physical temporality.

PHYSICS AND THE PRESENT IN PEDRO TORRES' EXHIBITION AT ZIELINSKY BARCELONA

 In his proposal, the present is shown reflecting that discordance through the blurred—the tiny fraction of time with which to access a reflection on the physical, temporal, and sensory aspects. The exhibited pieces reflect the result of a research process and aim to offer new perspectives on the relationship with space and semiotics.

 

The exhibition includes pieces that reflect this philosophy. In The Impossibility of Form: The Present (2024), clay spheres are pinched, disrupting their volumetric perfection. Exposure to external elements during the shaping process defines the essence of each piece. On a side wall, a neon reproduces the ideas "an observation" and "a version," representing different versions and ways of recognizing reality and its physical dimensional possibility.

Sunburn (2024) uses sunlight and the presence of the body in its attempt to convert luminosity into its own work. Confronted with his own physical impossibility, Torres alludes to memory and the impossibility of retaining it. Along with this audiovisual piece, another video, Una luz distante (2024), revisits the idea of the present, meaning, language, and optical simulation. a-tra-verso (2025), a laser that crosses the gallery, alters our perspective of the gallery space and its impact on perception and the senses.

 

Pedro Torres. Una breve quemadura can be seen until April 30 at Zielinsky Barcelona, Passatge de Mercader, 10, Barcelona (Spain).

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