« We may no longer think in terms of eternity, but may well share Browne’s sense of the poignancy of monuments, the vanity of hierarchies and the ephemerality of civilizations as of the body itself. »
Daniel Senise
Daniel Senise
Senise consciously intends to provoke the viewer into using their own imagination to interpret his works, and creates an appropriate context for their own experience of doing so. Born in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro in 1955 where he still resides to this day, he is renowned for his unconventional use of 'wood prints'. The technique came to him from an experiment with texture, as the result of accidentally spilling varnish on his studio floor during the completion of a work. Senise liked the effect produced so much, that he started applying it over fabrics, prints and any surface he could find a use for. He has also extensively incorporated elements of engineering in his work, a discipline in which he was trained at University. Senise work is concerned with the fragmentation of his portrayal of reality, and how imagery can become a tool that enables the viewer to recover meaning in an increasingly labyrinthine world. (Artist website) Read Less
