The Psychology of Art by Lina Condes

Aug 5

While the artist emerges herself in the creating of sculptures using her knowledge of anatomy, proportion and structure, she still considers her family to be the greatest work of art.

INTERVIEW WITH LINA CONDES

LINA CONDES From the artist’s archives — LINA CONDES
From the artist’s archives

LES COULEURS: What is your dream project?

LINA CONDES: All of 2020 I was working on a new project called “Flow.” Thinking about our current reality of instant gratification and the everyday competitive grind. The project is about human psychological states, represented by figures in motion.

I studied sports in detail, to be able to accurately capture the essence and the dynamics of real figures in motion. My goal is to capture the essence of motion even though the figure is static. The shape of the body is determined by its skeleton as the main supporting structure. Knowledge of the relative sizes of the articulating bones and their proportions in relation to each other as well as the entire skeleton is essential, because without this information it's impossible to translate the figure to a 3D program and depict it logically and consistently.

This project is a 3D realization, adapted to the current context of a digital pandemic, a new reality where artist’s creative project is changed or undergoes a ‘temporary modification’ if you want, it is indeed an interesting study in the simulation of artworks. This is what brought us exactly to where we are now and the changes we are facing in the contemporary art world, called NFT ART.

LC: What exhibitions are you working on or have you participated in?

LINA CONDES: “Educate” exhibition at Christie’s, “Extraterrestrial Odyssey” for Venice Biennale, “Happy” at M17 Contemporary Art Center, “Dwellings of Eternity” at Crossing Art. At this moment, my sculpture “The Thinker” is at the Summer Exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art.

LC: If you could work within a past art movement, which would it be?

LINA CONDES: If I could travel in a time machine and work within a past movement I would definitely choose to live between France and Italy and work with Rodin on modern sculptures!

LC: What art do you most identify with?

LINA CONDES: Sculpture.

LC: Can you tell us about the process of making your work?

LINA CONDES: The concept is the most important part of the process, the allegory behind the image. Then goes the visualization using the 3D programs, and then the rest of creative process in my studio!

LC: What themes do you pursue?

LINA CONDES: Social and psychological themes.

LC: If you could live with just one work of art, what would it be?

LINA CONDES: My family as main work of art!

LC: What role does the artist have in society?

LINA CONDES: First of all, to help people view the world from a different or novel perspective, also to express emotions in a visible manner and to make social changes.

LC: Which artist of the past would you most like to meet?

LINA CONDES: Salvador Dali, Michelangelo, Rodin, Constantin Brâncuși

LC: What kind of music are you listening to currently?

LINA CONDES: For me, the best music is meditative with high vibrations. I really like the harp and organ. Among the favorites are: Hans Zimmer, Vangelis and André Rieu.