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Add Fuel

AZC333

2014

Gel ink on 10 × 10 ceramic tiles, cement on wooden base and white frame

31 × 30 cm

Unique

Location: Lisbonne, Portugal

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1,240 € 1240.0 EUR 1,240 €

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About the artwork

With this work, Add Fuel once again demonstrates its mastery of the traditional Portuguese earthenware technique, azulejos, directly derived from its cultural heritage. The impression of a single tile given by the assembly of smaller ones is reinforced by the dialogue between the motifs. In a rather simple composition, the viewer clearly understands the artist's universe, very much inspired by urban art. While most of the work's ornamentation hides the artist's emblematic characters beneath a traditional air, the pink tiles stand out. Already with their unusual coloring and the design inspired by an agricultural scene, Add Fuel seems to recall motifs he has encountered in the course of his life. The humanized, sweating corn stalk with its plaintive eyes places the work in a very contemporary temporality.

Expert opinion

In the heart of his workshop, Add Fuel takes the know-how of Portuguese craftsmanship and updates it with his own universe. This work is not only a witness to its time, but also a concentration of the artistic emulation of urban art, which "likes to tell stories within stories".

About the artist

Born in 1980 in Cascais (Portugal), Diogo Machado, aka Add Fuel, is an artist with a degree in Graphic Design from Lisbon's IADE - Creative University. He began his career in design, before devoting himself to his artistic work in 2007 under the artist name Add Fuel to Fire. He developed a dark, fantastical universe populated by eccentric creatures. The following year, however, he took an interest in the aesthetic qualities of Portuguese tiles. So he shortened his pseudonym to Add Fuel, and set about hybridizing traditional Portuguese ceramic techniques with a complex, richly detailed contemporary aesthetic. His work has received worldwide acclaim and is the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including at Galerie Itinerrance in Paris in 2019, Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon in 2021 and Galerie Subliminal Project in Los Angeles in 2022.

“Tiling has always been part of my culture. From the most artistic ceramic panels to hunting and horse-riding panels to classically patterned building facades, it's something that's present in Portuguese culture.”

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