Jérôme Sans - Pablo Reinoso - A world upside down

Pablo Reinoso - A world upside down
Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris

Exhibitions Curator

In a logic of extension of the materials, his sculptures or environments, real visual surprises stemming from a minimalist aesthetic of the 60s, would have taken shape, would have been endowed with life. From his Breathing sculptures, which are not just pure forms but breathin-like animated bodies, to his famous Spaghettis Benchs, from which branches gradually contaminate their environment, and to the series based on the iconic Thonet chairs, Pablo Reinoso's works renew our perception of the objects that surround us. Why should the works only be sculptures and not become pedestals to embody benches, chairs or simply structures to be activated? Double-sided works that would no longer be afraid to be as functional as they are visual. Forms and volumes to be freely appropriated, without instructions or restraint.  In a light and "natural" way, Pablo Reinoso overturns the codes of art and respectful behaviour, at a distance from the work of art. What if art were to extend its territory?

Reversing spatial reference points or drawing multiple volutes evoking the inexorable growth of the plant world in an urban environment, his sculptures reinvent the senses, tipping the environment into an imaginary world where wood, marble, bronze and steel come to life, as if animated by the breath of a breath. These noble materials seem to defy time and the laws of gravity, in the image of a wild and vivacious nature which, above all, takes its rights. 

Whether they are conducive to contemplation or invite intimacy, his installations create a strangely fantastic atmosphere, like so many enigmas referring to the meanders of the unconscious. The Maison de l'Amérique latine becomes the setting for new hallucinatory experiments by Pablo Reinoso. The artist takes over the place to breathe into it the first lines of a new story. A world turned upside down.

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Jérôme Sans - Paysage d'eay 2 SuzanneNagy bd.jpg

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Jérôme Sans - Milonga 2 SuzanneNagy bd.jpg

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Jérôme Sans - respirants SuzanneNagy bd.jpg

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Jérôme Sans - Retour végétal + ashes to ashes SuzanneNagy bd.jpg

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Jérôme Sans - TwoforTango+Laoconte SuzanneNagy bd.jpg

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Jérôme Sans - Vue dessins et luminaire SuzanneNagy bd.jpg

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy

Exhibition view, Pablo Reinoso, Un monde renversé, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, 2015 © Suzanne Nagy