Pilar’s “Portals” create contemplative spaces, connecting viewers to nature through advertising the importance of thriving flora, fauna, and communal green spaces. It boldly juxtaposes distinctly manufactured materials with elements of nature begging the viewer to explore and travel through portals of possibilities.
This conceptually based and philosophy-infused visual art encourages alternative definitions of nature, challenging norms of overproduction, consumerism, and materialism. Pilar’s use of industrial materials such as plastic and steel alongside natural elements like wood and petrified moss creates a dialogue about the evolving state of our environment. Pilar posits that human ingenuity and labor are integral parts of this natural world and can strike a balance together. She refers to this combination of resources, ideation, and manufacturing that have created new materials and production methods as "second nature."
These works will be activated inside the inaugural Atlanta Art Fair hosted in October 2024, in the Atrium of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, and The Millennium Gate Museum.
This project features Atlanta-based artist Pilar, in collaboration with curators Shannon Morris from The Curator’s Studio LLC, and Kate Chesnut from Labyrinth Curation.
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