Andres Lemos
As a child I toured all around Argentina with my grandfather and his mobile home. He had left his old job to radically change his life to become a metal craftsman in which he started forging iron and making knives. Through our journey together I learned the trade and met artists from all over the country. Over time, I forgot about it, studied other careers, and moved many times.
However, 6 years ago I felt the call and woke up with the need to create something– I went straight to use my grandfather's old welder. I crafted together car and bike parts, and managed to put together a small 30 cm motorcycle. It was a path with no turning back as being able to build what I dreamed of was incredible.
Sculpture is full of challenges as it is a multidisciplinary art in which you have to be a bit of a designer, a painter, and a photographer. You never stop learning and you constantly evolve. The last few years have seen a lot of development as I am creating more and more complex pieces that generate positive repercussions on others. In each job I put a part of me–it gives me personal satisfaction that is priceless. I know that I cannot save the world, but from my art I can generate the possibility of seeing life from another perspective. Pablo Picasso used to say: “I don't paint what I see, I paint what I feel”, and a little bit of my art is based on shaping each piece of metal as I feel it.