脥ndex VI: Intus Foris
Galer铆a Hilario Galguera is pleased to present the group exhibition 脥ndex 6: Intus foris, immersing us in an extensive exploration of the possibilities surrounding paper in contemporary art. A material with an essence full of dualities that shelters the beginning and the end of the creative process with a symbolic nature. The works of the participating artists reveal themselves with a weight and strength that seems to contradict the delicacy of the paper, creating a contrasting and expansive dialogue.
Since its invention in China during the second century, paper has been the silent engine driving the evolution of humanity. Despite its fragility, it has carried the memory of the world, democratizing knowledge, facilitating the distribution of information and becoming the greatest accomplice of philosophical, political and spiritual revolutions. A tool that has become omnipresent, though so subtle that it goes unnoticed, even when it intervenes in everyday pleasures such as filtering coffee or rolling tobacco. On paper, an artist鈥檚 first thoughts emerge, their ideas manifesting themselves in the form of sketches or studies, but this material can also culminate in the final work.
Intus foris, Latin for 鈥渋nside-out鈥�, suggests a shift in the perception of paper as a support for artistic exploration into an autonomous medium. Its versatility allows it to be molded to different conceptual and sculptural possibilities, while its nobility enables it to take a back seat to host other media. The title also plays with the notion of an internal and individual idea that manages to be externalized. Index 6: Intus Foris, is a new edition of a series of group exhibitions that have accompanied the gallery throughout its history. It brings together pieces by artists from different backgrounds to visualize the diversity of their body of work, which converge through a shared conceptual and material strength. On this occasion, the common thread is paper, its expressive power manifested through various techniques such as printmaking, oil, acrylic, pastel, graphite, pencil, lithography and silkscreen to name a few. In all of them, paper operates as a body: it reacts, absorbs, resists and transforms.
The exhibited artists present a variety of themes and techniques ranging from portraiture and landscape to abstraction, revealing the multiple formal and narrative possibilities that emerge when paper becomes the protagonist. Here, each fold, each stroke and each layer bears intent; each piece is an immortalized conversation. Its essence marked by dualities gives it poetic power; despite its delicacy, paper persists. It survives gestures, the passage of time and the sway of currents, reaffirming its impact and relevance in contemporary artistic practices.
脥ndex 6: Intus foris will be open from May 18 at the San Rafael gallery and will feature artists such as Gilberto Aceves Navarro, Marcos Acosta, Willem Boel, James Hd Brown, Marie Cloquet, Stijn Cole, Israel Gonz谩lez 鈥淢补迟补诲辞谤鈥�, Athina Ioannou, Enrique Jezik, Kikyz1313, Francisco Larios, Daniel Lezama, Oliver Marsden, Gabriel O鈥橲hea, Roberto del R铆o, Serge Barbeau, Issa Salliander, Bosco Sodi and Natalia Sosa Molina.
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Galer铆a Hilario Galguera is pleased to present the group exhibition 脥ndex 6: Intus foris, immersing us in an extensive exploration of the possibilities surrounding paper in contemporary art. A material with an essence full of dualities that shelters the beginning and the end of the creative process with a symbolic nature. The works of the participating artists reveal themselves with a weight and strength that seems to contradict the delicacy of the paper, creating a contrasting and expansive dialogue.
Since its invention in China during the second century, paper has been the silent engine driving the evolution of humanity. Despite its fragility, it has carried the memory of the world, democratizing knowledge, facilitating the distribution of information and becoming the greatest accomplice of philosophical, political and spiritual revolutions. A tool that has become omnipresent, though so subtle that it goes unnoticed, even when it intervenes in everyday pleasures such as filtering coffee or rolling tobacco. On paper, an artist鈥檚 first thoughts emerge, their ideas manifesting themselves in the form of sketches or studies, but this material can also culminate in the final work.
Intus foris, Latin for 鈥渋nside-out鈥�, suggests a shift in the perception of paper as a support for artistic exploration into an autonomous medium. Its versatility allows it to be molded to different conceptual and sculptural possibilities, while its nobility enables it to take a back seat to host other media. The title also plays with the notion of an internal and individual idea that manages to be externalized. Index 6: Intus Foris, is a new edition of a series of group exhibitions that have accompanied the gallery throughout its history. It brings together pieces by artists from different backgrounds to visualize the diversity of their body of work, which converge through a shared conceptual and material strength. On this occasion, the common thread is paper, its expressive power manifested through various techniques such as printmaking, oil, acrylic, pastel, graphite, pencil, lithography and silkscreen to name a few. In all of them, paper operates as a body: it reacts, absorbs, resists and transforms.
The exhibited artists present a variety of themes and techniques ranging from portraiture and landscape to abstraction, revealing the multiple formal and narrative possibilities that emerge when paper becomes the protagonist. Here, each fold, each stroke and each layer bears intent; each piece is an immortalized conversation. Its essence marked by dualities gives it poetic power; despite its delicacy, paper persists. It survives gestures, the passage of time and the sway of currents, reaffirming its impact and relevance in contemporary artistic practices.
脥ndex 6: Intus foris will be open from May 18 at the San Rafael gallery and will feature artists such as Gilberto Aceves Navarro, Marcos Acosta, Willem Boel, James Hd Brown, Marie Cloquet, Stijn Cole, Israel Gonz谩lez 鈥淢补迟补诲辞谤鈥�, Athina Ioannou, Enrique Jezik, Kikyz1313, Francisco Larios, Daniel Lezama, Oliver Marsden, Gabriel O鈥橲hea, Roberto del R铆o, Serge Barbeau, Issa Salliander, Bosco Sodi and Natalia Sosa Molina.
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