Moonlight
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 47.5 x 66.5 cm
Thinking From The Square
Thinking From The Square consists of nine prints made with etching (aquatint) and Chine Colle that explore space, time and art narratives.
Untitled
2008 Aquatint, 29 x 31 cm
My interest in geometric abstraction comes from Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican architecture, in which buildings and constructions denote the place's symbolic importance. Function, knowledge and creativity were not separate in these societies. Maya's astronomical and mathematical knowledge was part of its holistic universe view. During spring and fall equinoxes, the shadows cast in the Kukulcan pyramid make visible an astronomical event. The prints' abstract geometric compositions were inspired by cardboard constructions I made and the shadows cast by its panels.
Pendulum
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 44 x 61 cm
Tracing The Sky
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 39 x 56 cm
The characters were made of tights and cushion fill. Through photographic manipulation, they were distorted and forced to fit in square shapes, which resonate with some of the constricted modernist art narratives and traditional western ideas of time and space.
Mirrors
Aquatint and Chine Colle, 48 x 70 cm
Clock
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 45.5 x 63.5 cm
Thinking From The Square presents the undifferentiated vision of real and symbolic spaces. Blind embossing provides a recessed surface in some pieces, obtained by pressing a metal plate without ink.
Brief Flight
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 49 x 51 cm
Untitled
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 49 x 51 cm
I also produced several cardboard origami sculptures; their white surface offered me a rich play with light in a series of photographs. They were part of the work's process and usually presented alongside the prints.
Untitled
2008 Aquatint, 25 x 54 cm
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