Rodrigo Torres
Sabázio [Sabazius], 2024
porcelana esmaltada
[glazed porcelain]
[glazed porcelain]
18 x 15 x 14 cm
[7 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 5 1/2 in]
[7 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 5 1/2 in]
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Rodrigo Torres revisita a simbólica “mão de Sabázio”, objeto ritual da Antiguidade associado a Sabázio (Sabazius), divindade da fertilidade e da vegetação originária das regiões da Trácia e da Frígia,...
Rodrigo Torres revisita a simbólica “mão de Sabázio”, objeto ritual da Antiguidade associado a Sabázio (Sabazius), divindade da fertilidade e da vegetação originária das regiões da Trácia e da Frígia, posteriormente assimilada ao mundo greco-romano e frequentemente relacionada a Dioniso (Baco). Essas mãos votivas eram marcadas por símbolos do culto, como a serpente, o lagarto, as cabeças de leão, carneiro e touro, além da pinha associada a Dioniso. A obra evidencia sua investigação sobre a ilusão, em que a matéria é constantemente tensionada entre o que é e o que parece ser. Ao fazer a cerâmica assumir visualmente o bronze, o artista desloca a percepção do espectador e constrói um campo de ambiguidade entre realidade e representação.
[Rodrigo Torres revisits the symbolic “Hand of Sabazius,” a ritual object from Antiquity associated with Sabazius, a deity of fertility and vegetation originating in the regions of Thrace and Phrygia, later assimilated into the Greco-Roman world and often linked to Dionysus (Bacchus). These votive hands were adorned with cult symbols such as the serpent, lizard, the heads of a lion, ram, and bull, as well as the pinecone associated with Dionysus. The work highlights the artist’s ongoing investigation into illusion, in which matter is continually suspended between what it is and what it appears to be. By making ceramic visually assume the appearance of bronze, Torres shifts the viewer’s perception and constructs a space of ambiguity between reality and representation.]
[Rodrigo Torres revisits the symbolic “Hand of Sabazius,” a ritual object from Antiquity associated with Sabazius, a deity of fertility and vegetation originating in the regions of Thrace and Phrygia, later assimilated into the Greco-Roman world and often linked to Dionysus (Bacchus). These votive hands were adorned with cult symbols such as the serpent, lizard, the heads of a lion, ram, and bull, as well as the pinecone associated with Dionysus. The work highlights the artist’s ongoing investigation into illusion, in which matter is continually suspended between what it is and what it appears to be. By making ceramic visually assume the appearance of bronze, Torres shifts the viewer’s perception and constructs a space of ambiguity between reality and representation.]