The profuse use of symbols and the simplification of forms in the works of Pio Silva refer to a primitive art, to a minimalism that could almost be considered naïve, if it was not for the complex network of references and symbolisms that the artist exploits conceptual and thematically, where religion, politics, war and oppression are recurring themes.
Pio Silva uses simple materials like cardboard, wire, plastic sheets, acrylic, but this option also shows an awareness of the symbolic meaning inherent to them. Plastic - universal material, flexible and inexpensive, reflects our Zeitgeist and the artificial world in which we live - is one of the main materials used in his latest series of works.
This is a work where trivial materials are used to illustrate heavy and meaningful images, in which dramatic and profound themes comeout in bright colors and shiny surfaces. Pio Silva defines it as "contemporary rock art", but this work has also the urbanity and the cosmopolitanism in it, both the Antilles and Paris, a cultural crossroad that positions it in contemporary art.
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