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The title of this exhibition, loosely translates to “Wakes and Doors.” A common hallmark of this artist’s work is the rupture or manipulation of the acrylic surface. These ruptures behave as doors or corridors pointing the eye toward the space separating the viewer from the work while “deixants,” the word used for the trail or path left by ships or stars, alludes to the essence, or trails, of his actions. Alcaraz’s work hangs on the wall with the physical presence of sculpture and the considered quietness of post-minimalist painting. |
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“As the title implies, this series suggests that order and chaos exist simultaneously and Zarou manipulates this duality to reach a balanced asymmetry.”
The title of this exhibition, loosely translates to “Wakes and Doors.” A common hallmark of this artist’s work is the rupture or manipulation of the acrylic surface. These ruptures behave as doors or corridors pointing the eye toward the space separating the viewer from the work while “deixants,” the word used for the trail or path left by ships or stars, alludes to the essence, or trails, of his actions.
Alcaraz’s work hangs on the wall with the physical presence of sculpture and the considered quietness of post-minimalist painting. The substantial, traditional wooden frames define a deep, interior space occupied by paintings and embedded objects and materials like steel, hand-made books, staples, stones and glass eyes, that achieve a unique, composited form. For example, in Idees Per A Dibuixos (Ideas for Drawing), there is no image, nothing to remind us of an idea, only the clarity of liquid paint and the effect of the warped acrylic that appears to ooze or melt as a result of its proximity to the dark, pooled material. But what is so striking
about this work is the way the ink drips down the layers of acylic, as if it is inside and outside of the work all at once.”
