Celestial Pollen (#275)

In this artwork, I’ve used pencil, graphite, and chalk to capture the essence of exploration and the quest for understanding beyond our earthly bounds. The celestial bodies and spacecraft imbued with a surrealistic touch conjure images of mankind’s infinite quest through symbols of science and imagination. It’s a futuristic and symbolic portrayal that inspires wonder about the universe, encouraging viewers to contemplate humanity’s role in the vast cosmic dance.

The aim of this artistic project, entitled “Celestial Pollen”, is to compare the aesthetics of space constructions with the beauty of the living world confronted with weightlessness, as revealed by science and art, through Haeckel’s plates, the work of the Blaschka glassmakers and photographs produced using the electron microscope.
Microscopic in the immensity of the cosmos, like plankton in the depths of the sea, satellites are primary forms in the development of space exploration.
Like microorganisms at the start of an evolutionary chain, they contain the potential for the development of all the higher forms of technological creation. The flight of satellites in zero gravity gives us a glimpse of the new horizons that science and technological engineering will open up.
The blackness of space, like that of the ocean trenches, appeals to the human imagination and awakens the instinct to explore. The age-old dream
ancestral dream of flight mingles with the hope of going beyond the biological limits of the human species, but also beyond the limits of its creative thought.

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DIMENSIONS 50 x 70 cm
DATE 2019
AVAILABILITY Available to purchase. Please feel free to get in touch.
PRICE On demand
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