Art once again shows me that any material can be used to manifest it and that it only depends on the imagination and creativity of the artist.
Pieces of art made of iron, cement and much more was what I found in an exhibition room called ‘El día siguiente’ (The next day) by Carlos Brotons.
I suppose that the name of the exhibition has more to do with the personality of the artist, now deceased, than with the exhibition itself, where it is expressed that the next day was what mattered most to the artist.
Walking through the exhibition I could see pieces of art of all sizes, where mostly corten iron was used and I could see a special treatment on it, where it appeared to be rusted, time had passed on that material, but in an intentional way.
Water is what normally creates this effect on iron, but with a lot of time, to do it in a short time he must have used some kind of acid or vinegar and the effect is incredible.
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Iron structures that seemed to me maybe a building, I let my imagination fly, beyond what the artist created, which by the way most of the works had no title, so the creativity of the viewer can be even greater, but in this case it is called ‘Your dwelling is my dwelling’.
Clearly here we can see a funnel and what is inside or what the artist thought might be inside. I really liked the way it was displayed.
El bolso de Juan‘ is entitled ’El bolso de Juan" (Juan's bag) and it is very well done, even looking at it from the side the details are very good.
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This untitled work also seems to me to be a kind of building or construction where one could live, figuratively of course.
Here I see a kind of horseshoe, it could be a version of the lucky horseshoe, but it could also be one of those old country tools. The finish is very well done.
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Another large work, called ‘Insecure straightness’, which could be another construction but with open forms, but which may show the lack of certain roots that give straightness to what is created later.
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This is one of the works that I liked the most because at the top there was a human figure made of cement standing between what looked like branches, perhaps wanting to take shelter or escape from something. It was interesting.
‘Labyrinth’ was another piece that I liked its shape and execution, together with the good finishes, which I don't think it is always easy to make excellent finishes because it is made of iron and wire.
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This other structure made of sheet metal and rivet shows some figures cut out inside the material and one of the interesting things are the shadows that they generate with the light on the wall.
In a corner of the room was the final work called ‘Second shopping day’ It reminded me of a children's game with marbles. A great mix of materials.
As I said at the beginning I found myself in a room full of a number of works between iron, cement, sheet metal and various techniques of realisation where the artist moulded them with great creativity, but also leaving a space for those who could observe them. Each material has different ways of working it and I think that in this case it has been a good realisation.
I like to see different art alternatives in the different galleries because imagination has no limits and therefore art has no limits either.
Thank you all for joining me today, I wish you a good Sunday. See you soon.
Amonet.
All photographs are my own.
