Vleeshal presents Alloy Alloy, a solo exhibition by Adriano Amaral (1982, Brazil). This is the first institutional solo presentation of Amaral’s work in the Netherlands. Amaral’s work is marked by an in-depth examination into the nature of things that surround us. The relationship between the human body and architecture as closed and simultaneously porous entities form the basis of his artistic enquiry. In his work various materials and states of matter intermingle. Natural elements such as water, light, air and coal encounter artificial products like silicone, clothing, aluminium, machine fragments and concrete. These contrasting materials and substances are often employed to evoke connections with, or act as stand-ins for, parts of the human body. In the fields of science and physics, an ‘alloy’ refers to a mixture of metals, or a metal made by bonding metal
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