Entrelíneas
Entrelíneas
“Entrelíneas” is a solo exhibition by the artist Carmen Baena that brings together a large part of her recent production. Around 50 works that include sculptures, installations and, above all, pieces of embroidered thread.
What defines a poetic language is that what (it is written, drawn, painted, sculpted...) is inseparable from how (it is written, drawn, painted, sculpted...). The latter is never neutral or innocent. Consciously or unconsciously, actively or passively, the works not only reflect the technical expertise and project nuances of the author's personality, but they also have a life of their own and leave a wide margin of freedom for the viewer to analyze them, to read them, to interpret them, to feel them, to let themselves be carried away by them. For the Greeks, Poiesis was the creative act par excellence, the true construction of beauty.
The theme that articulates the four series that comprise this exhibition is the landscape, or rather, the deep, intimate, autobiographical relationship that the artist feels for nature, for the land where she grew up. A sculptor by training, in the “Áureo” series, white marble and gold leaf take us to a personal universe where purity and eternity seem to go hand in hand. We must not forget that white is the sum of all the colors of light, an almost immaterial totality. As for gold, its true value lies in its timeless dimension, it does not corrupt, it is eternal.
In the three remaining series: “whispers between lines”, “horizons in a circle” and “vertical garden” the thread becomes the undisputed protagonist. Embroidered on paper or canvas, thousands of meters run through the different surfaces that offer an impressive range of chromatic and luminous variations. The repetition of a brief gesture is capable of articulating an infinite game of differences that conjure up any mechanical interpretation. As in poetry, the interline spacing that the reader will end up rewriting mentally is just as important as the written lines. In Carmen Baena's pieces, these embroidered threads leave numerous gaps that invite us to enjoy and fill them not only with our movement, but with the active participation of our imagination.
Juan Bautista Peiró
Curator
What defines a poetic language is that what (it is written, drawn, painted, sculpted...) is inseparable from how (it is written, drawn, painted, sculpted...). The latter is never neutral or innocent. Consciously or unconsciously, actively or passively, the works not only reflect the technical expertise and project nuances of the author's personality, but they also have a life of their own and leave a wide margin of freedom for the viewer to analyze them, to read them, to interpret them, to feel them, to let themselves be carried away by them. For the Greeks, Poiesis was the creative act par excellence, the true construction of beauty.
The theme that articulates the four series that comprise this exhibition is the landscape, or rather, the deep, intimate, autobiographical relationship that the artist feels for nature, for the land where she grew up. A sculptor by training, in the “Áureo” series, white marble and gold leaf take us to a personal universe where purity and eternity seem to go hand in hand. We must not forget that white is the sum of all the colors of light, an almost immaterial totality. As for gold, its true value lies in its timeless dimension, it does not corrupt, it is eternal.
In the three remaining series: “whispers between lines”, “horizons in a circle” and “vertical garden” the thread becomes the undisputed protagonist. Embroidered on paper or canvas, thousands of meters run through the different surfaces that offer an impressive range of chromatic and luminous variations. The repetition of a brief gesture is capable of articulating an infinite game of differences that conjure up any mechanical interpretation. As in poetry, the interline spacing that the reader will end up rewriting mentally is just as important as the written lines. In Carmen Baena's pieces, these embroidered threads leave numerous gaps that invite us to enjoy and fill them not only with our movement, but with the active participation of our imagination.
Juan Bautista Peiró
Curator
