Exhibitions ─ Johannes Girardoni ╱ (in)finite

Colorvoid – Blue Violet artwork by Johannes Girardoni

Colorvoid – Blue Violet
Beeswax, pigment, wood
14″ (h) × 14″ (w) × 4.25″ (d)
2024

 

Colorvoid – White artwork by Johannes Girardoni

Colorvoid – White
Beeswax, pigment, wood
24″ (h) × 3.5″ (w) × 3.5″ (d)
2024

 

PDX Contemporary Art presents (in)finite, an exhibition of new works by Johannes Girardoni from his ongoing series of Light Reactive Organic Sculpture. In a time dominated by pervasive technological interfaces, these works stand as a deliberate counterpoint, embracing the elemental materials of wood, beeswax, and pigment. Through their reductive investigation into the relationship between light and material — of color as matter — these sculptures engage both the physical and the phenomenological.

As organic instruments, these pieces meditate on presence, absence, and the ever-shifting boundaries between materiality and immateriality. They embody a quiet dialogue with the natural world, offering a reflective place and space in stark contrast to the relentless pace of our current cultural condition.

Although Girardoni’s sculptures and installations have expanded to incorporate digital technologies and artificial perception since 2009 in works such as The Passage Room (ACFNY, 2008) and the (Dis)appearance of Everything (54th Venice Biennale, 2011), he remains committed to examining how the spatial orchestration of these organic structures — as instruments of experiential placemaking — engage with themes of sensory perception that resonate across his broader practice. Through these works, Girardoni continues to explore how intersections of light, matter, and perception affirm the fundamental value of tactile, haptic, and unmediated lived experience.

 

PDX Contemporary Art
August 28 – September 28, 2024