
APR/MAY
APR/MAY IS A MOTHER-SON CREATIVE DUO WHO DRAW INSPIRATION FROM BESSARABIAN FOLKLORE, PRIMORDIAL SYMBOLS AND LOCAL CRAFT TECHNIQUES, BOTH IN TERMS OF SKILLS AND MATERIALS. THE MAJORITY OF THE PIECES PRESENTED IN THE UPCOMING FUTURE ARCHIVE EXHIBITION AT GALERIE PARADIS COME FROM THEIR THIRD COLLECTION, TITLED SEASON III / ASPECTS. THE CENTRAL THEME OF THIS SERIES IS THE GEOMETRY OF ASTROLOGICAL ASPECTS – MATHEMATICAL DEGREES THAT CARRY MEANING IN THE INTERPRETATION AND EVOLUTION OF EVENTS. THE EXPLORATION OF SIMPLE GEOMETRIC FORMS, PLANES AND LINES IS EXPRESSED THROUGH A CONTRAST OF MATERIALITIES BETWEEN VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PLANES, PRECISE ANGLES, AND A SUBTLE TENSION BETWEEN FORMS AND MATERIALS. THE COMBINATION OF HAND-HAMMERED IRON AND POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL IS THE STUDIO'S SIGNATURE, A LEITMOTIF FOUND IN ALL THEIR COLLECTIONS, CALLED SEASONS. EACH PIECE IS CAREFULLY CRAFTED AND ASSEMBLED BY INDEPENDENT ARTISANS IN MOLDOVA, WITH THE AIM OF BRINGING TRADITIONAL REFERENCES INTO THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIBLE DESIGN, THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY AND TIMELESS APPROACH.
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