Rendeir

The Indian artist (born in 1970) draws a circle from his vast iconic figurative path and enclosed an ordinary scene in it. However, it is not intended to be a mere description of an event but highlights a creative moment that makes explicit the naturalistic whole in which the same event is manifested. It is worth pointing out that the artwork arises from the East, where spiritual solicitation is strongly related to the surrounding nature.

The whole is clearly recalled in the artist’s works. The ‘circle’ presented for the International Biennial is a clear cultural exemplification of this: a narrative transcription rendered technically through woodcuts. Not all the elements of his homeland are put onto paper by Pinto, but they can still be deduced by the unquestionable formal clarity of his works. An example is the conscious choice of a specific geometric figure, the circle in this case, in which he encloses multiple contents.

Looking closely at the work, one cannot help but notice the scrupulous description of the event as well as the use of the burin rather than the gouge, with a less gestural execution but in line with ancient engravings predating the illustrated book. (Giulia Scarafoni, Filomena Tavares)