Carmen Baena
about Carmen Baena
Granada, 1967
In my sculptural work, I try to transfer the idea of nature by elevating it to the sacred. The white of the marble and the gold of the gold are two of the key elements to convey the idea of the extremely pure and beautiful. Trees are treated as beings worthy of protection, to be worshipped; as did some primitive peoples, they become "totems" charged with energy and power. The house appears in the landscape as the being. It is in my work the meaning of the relationship between man and nature.
about the artist's works
We could talk about two aspects of Carmen Baena's work. One is the sculpture and another is the work on paper. The sculptural work creates landscapes made of white marble with which it manages to transport the viewer to places away from the world that transmits silence, cold, peace, immensity, among other things. Carmen Baena is a multidisciplinary artist who mixes different materials and techniques to create that series of landscapes.
On the other hand, the work on paper, although it has poetic similarities with the sculpture, is elaborated abstractly and drawn with thread. The thread that sews on the handmade paper, in which it wisely combines the texture of the support itself together with the subtlety and fragility of the thread that passes through the paper, obtaining very evocative volumes and roughnesses.
Other works of the exposition Art&Collect
Patrik Grijalvo
Gravitacion visual: Niemeyer, 2021
Fotografia sobre papel fuji archival, cortada y montada en varias capas
36 x 36 cm
Aurora Alcaide
Paisaje enantrópico XI, 2017
Acrílico, lápices de colores e impresión digital sobre lienzo encolado en madera
82.7 x 106 cm
Francesca Poza
El silencio....otros, 2021
Grabado en relieve, gofrado, linóleum, sobre papel hahnemühle y collage con papel de la India
85 x 65 cm
David Delgado Ruiz
Planet Moon #01, 2021
Fotografía Analógica y Digital, Impresión Certificada en Papel Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Ultra Smooth 305 gsm · 100% Cotton. Museum Standard Cotton Paper.
50 x 50 cm
Julio Bauzá
Geometría cromática. Cantábrico, 2019
Madera y acrílico. 81 cubos de madera de 1,5 x 1,5 cm
44 x 43.5 cm
