Rodrigo Nava: Visible Forces
Peligro Amarillo / Santurce is pleased to present Visible Forces by Rodrigo Nava, featuring a series of sculptures derived from explosive-forming techniques that create a narrative of conversation between artist and process, from August 鈥� September 2016. The opening reception is Saturday, August 13, at Calle Cerra 627 in Santurce, the arts district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 7PM 鈥� 10PM.
Early sculptures in Rodrigo Nava鈥檚 Expansions series were created by hydroforming鈥攊njecting water under pressure into welded steel sculptures. 鈥淭he 鈥渟oft鈥� form of the water reshaped the 鈥渉ard鈥� steel from the inside out, transforming a two-dimensional plane into a three-dimensional object,鈥� Nava explains. 鈥淲eight, gravity, and the spontaneous element of chance played large parts in those early pieces.鈥�
As his work progressed, Nava experimented with alternative methods of shaping 鈥渉ard鈥� sculptures, eventually settling on combustible gas. The resulting shapes created from these forays into combustibles are reminiscent of animal skins, canteens, pillows and toy inflatable tops.
鈥淲hile the objects remain robust, muscular, and strong, the slight softening of their outlines creates a new dynamic in interpretation,鈥� notes Mara Williams, Chief Curator, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, where Nava presented Expanded Forms in 2015. 鈥淭he physical 鈥渆xperience鈥� of each piece is manifest in the changes we see in its body. Allusions abound, from the deflation of a child鈥檚 blow-up toy to the sagging of a once-young physique.鈥�
At Peligro Amarillo, Nava will present small-scale studies of his expanded forms, a series of collagraph prints and frescos inspired by textures and shapes of vessels and other objects of his home and studio. Nava sees the collagraphs 鈥渁s much a part of my oeuvre as the sculptures themselves鈥� and values both their relic-like qualities of uncertainty and imperfection as remnants of his processes and experiences and the sculptural qualities of way the collagraph plate is prepared.
The opening reception for Visible Forces is Saturday, August 13, from 7PM 鈥� 10PM. The exhibition will conclude at the end of September. This is Nava鈥檚 first solo exhibition at Peligro Amarillo / Santurce. Most recently, he presented sculptures at Yellow Peril in 2012 and ArtHamptons 2015 in Easthampton, NY.
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Peligro Amarillo / Santurce is pleased to present Visible Forces by Rodrigo Nava, featuring a series of sculptures derived from explosive-forming techniques that create a narrative of conversation between artist and process, from August 鈥� September 2016. The opening reception is Saturday, August 13, at Calle Cerra 627 in Santurce, the arts district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 7PM 鈥� 10PM.
Early sculptures in Rodrigo Nava鈥檚 Expansions series were created by hydroforming鈥攊njecting water under pressure into welded steel sculptures. 鈥淭he 鈥渟oft鈥� form of the water reshaped the 鈥渉ard鈥� steel from the inside out, transforming a two-dimensional plane into a three-dimensional object,鈥� Nava explains. 鈥淲eight, gravity, and the spontaneous element of chance played large parts in those early pieces.鈥�
As his work progressed, Nava experimented with alternative methods of shaping 鈥渉ard鈥� sculptures, eventually settling on combustible gas. The resulting shapes created from these forays into combustibles are reminiscent of animal skins, canteens, pillows and toy inflatable tops.
鈥淲hile the objects remain robust, muscular, and strong, the slight softening of their outlines creates a new dynamic in interpretation,鈥� notes Mara Williams, Chief Curator, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, where Nava presented Expanded Forms in 2015. 鈥淭he physical 鈥渆xperience鈥� of each piece is manifest in the changes we see in its body. Allusions abound, from the deflation of a child鈥檚 blow-up toy to the sagging of a once-young physique.鈥�
At Peligro Amarillo, Nava will present small-scale studies of his expanded forms, a series of collagraph prints and frescos inspired by textures and shapes of vessels and other objects of his home and studio. Nava sees the collagraphs 鈥渁s much a part of my oeuvre as the sculptures themselves鈥� and values both their relic-like qualities of uncertainty and imperfection as remnants of his processes and experiences and the sculptural qualities of way the collagraph plate is prepared.
The opening reception for Visible Forces is Saturday, August 13, from 7PM 鈥� 10PM. The exhibition will conclude at the end of September. This is Nava鈥檚 first solo exhibition at Peligro Amarillo / Santurce. Most recently, he presented sculptures at Yellow Peril in 2012 and ArtHamptons 2015 in Easthampton, NY.
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