Helder Batista Art
French, b. 1964
Helder Batista is a self taught artist who works predominantly in sculptural medium. Born in 1964 in Paris and now living and working near Cahors, he describes the genesis of his artistic career as an epiphany.
Batista is intrigued by the complexity and potential of everyday objects, even those as mundane as bicycle’s tires. Batista decided to insert himself and interrupt societal structures that destine such objects to “a vocation of waste.” In his exploration of materials, Batista discovered that his ‘found’ objects could function as support, medium and subject, or as self sustained complete works of art. Batista avoids polluting his found objects even through his own curatorial presence, arguing that assigning value to some over others creates contaminating waste. Instead Batista sublimates, recycles and allows his materials space to articulate themselves. Often a simple clear acrylic mold utilized in works like Lego or Red Shoes is enough of a change in context to infuse everyday objects with artistic poignancy.
In constant communication with Pop art, most of his pieces are intentionally ambiguous. Batista’s work cuts in multiple directions depending on context and audience. His series of Flag Guns, where he uses the form of a revolver wrapped in a flag and solidified with a fiber rising coat, has multivalent layers of meaning. When ’Second Amendment’ or ‘Made in America’ are displayed together they can be read as playful subversions of a symbol of power. To others they are biting political satire on American Imperialism, or high rates of gun ownership. Meanwhile, when they are paired with the Soviet Union Flag Guns they become historical and charged with Cold War symbolism and the arms race. However, when wrapped in a checkered flag, his Flag Gun becomes a Starting Gun and any abstruse political symbolism is lost. Batista himself refuses to elaborate on the symbolism of his flags beyond admitting that he is toying with the power of symbols. On this most fundamental level, Batista is visually demonstrating that art has no political borders.
Batista’s larger oeuvre explores themes of nonsense, consumerism, globalization and overconsumption without searching for concrete explanations. By toying rather than pontificating, Batista can be playful while also gesturing at serious dissonances in society; Batista welcomes discussion, but resists projections of specific programs onto his pieces(Biography provided by Kreisler Art)
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Artist: Helder Batista
Dealer: Kreisler Art
Mexican Skul
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
In this series of sculptures, Helder plays with symbols of our society making a switch to them and making us think about how changing a detail, things change their meaning.
Category
2010s Pop Art Helder Batista Art
Materials
Resin, Other Medium
Stonehenge Series Winter Solstice
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
In this series of sculptures, Helder plays with symbols of our society making a switch to them and making us think about how changing a detail, things change their meaning.
Category
2010s Pop Art Helder Batista Art
Materials
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I LOVE MY HOUSE
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
In this series of sculptures, Helder plays with symbols of our society making a switch to them and making us think about how changing a detail, things change their meaning.
Category
2010s Pop Art Helder Batista Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Plastic
OIL CAPS
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
In this series of sculptures, Helder plays with symbols of our society making a switch to them and making us think about how changing a detail, things change their meaning.
Category
2010s Pop Art Helder Batista Art
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media
STAR TSAR
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
In this series of sculptures, Helder plays with symbols of our society making a switch to them and making us think about how changing a detail, things change their meaning.
Category
2010s Pop Art Helder Batista Art
Materials
Resin, Wood
YES
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
In this series of sculptures, Helder plays with symbols of our society making a switch to them and making us think about how changing a detail, things change their meaning.
Category
2010s Pop Art Helder Batista Art
Materials
Wood
Mickey Mouse
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
In this series of sculptures, Helder plays with symbols of our society making a switch to them and making us think about how changing a detail, things change their meaning.
Category
2010s Pop Art Helder Batista Art
Materials
Resin, Other Medium
THREE SUNS
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
This is one of Helder's flower artworks where he interpolates his love for nature.
Category
2010s Pop Art Helder Batista Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
FOUR SQUARES
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
This is one of Helder's flower artworks where he interpolates his love for nature.
Category
2010s Pop Art Helder Batista Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
ERUPTION
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
This is one of Helder's flower artworks where he interpolates his love for nature.
Category
2010s Pop Art Helder Batista Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Cob Web
By Helder Batista
Located in Madrid, ES
Original Neon light with a Spyder web that can be done in different colors and will look original and fun in any space.
Category
2010s Contemporary Helder Batista Art
Materials
Neon Light
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