Lezama, Claudia
- Bio
History -
It is by following design courses while studying
architecture that I discovered Blown Glass. Paintings, Ceramics and Sculpture are a
constant in my life, but the discovery of Blown Glass has meant for me the encounter of
the "Ideal Material".
 Artistic Research
- The Nobility of this material and the idea of neutrality that the transparency implies
provide an ideal support for the expression of my Artistic Research.
A Research related to human feelings: what are the universal feelings that can be
defined as Masculine or Feminine, and in which measure do these participate in a duality
that resists this kind of classification.
A Research on the possibilities to express these kind of questions in a plastic
fashion. How, for instance, to represent the power relation of Woman and Man as an entity,
and how to study the existence of this very entity.
This Research charged heavily with subjectivity finds in the Glass a support making it
objective.
Artistic Evolution:
It is in my relation to Glass that I try to crystallize my Research. Glass provides
technical restraints such that it participates actively:
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Of a beauty
that is unique to it, It requires continuous caution of the ease, and obliges me to
express myself explicitly.
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To work and
to use traditional ways, great spaces of discovery remain open that allow, without
repetition, novel expressions in the matter of ancient feelings.
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When it is
hot, it requires concentration and precision that makes working it a ritual, practically
liturgical, where our presence must be total. This attitude facilitates the expression of
primitive sentiments.
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When working
in the hot stage, some properties particular to the Matter and to the Moment instantly
emerge, and require from us to take an immediate decision. This is done in a
rigorous dialogue because these proposals are often tempting, made urgently. Every
hesitation implies rethinking the original idea. As such the original idea should be
strong and should always be present, making its abstraction easier.
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The work of
the Glass can only be achieved in a team: It implies a complicity that is in the
very heart of my research.
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We should
add to all of this the wait, the suspense, the lag period between the creative act and the
eventual peaceful encounter with the created object, an encounter that is by itself a
source of creation.
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An Artistic Evolution that enriches itself, allows you not to work against the objects
already Created - without ever ignoring their contribution - and that favors a voyage in
time towards an essence to be recreated.
Her
Work
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