By Nuria Cano
Discovering vital analogies with what surrounds us is typical of creation. This is how four artists immerse themselves in natural ecosystems, explore them, find matches and transform them into images that reveal to us what is usually placed in the background when we fall into the monotony of city life. They manage to find themselves in the vegetable world, and they know how to resist the imposed forms of time and daily exercise.
French Quirita he cares about the functioning of ecosystems, his thinking revolves around understanding the vital circles they contain, he takes time to caress the plants; tactile sensitivity that connects with your practice of trimming and collage of fabric scraps. She knows how to respect the place of the well-known “bad grass”, because it is the one that absorbs the evils of the nutrient plants, it sacrifices itself. However, some prey on them in search of “perfection”; false ideal.
Sachiko Kobayashi choose by the watercolors, by the subtle passing of the water next to the pigment; his garden is his workshop. Plants generate a daily emotion in him; she is attentive to the flowers and fruits. When painting them, he creates an analogy with the portrait, because he finds sensitivity in their forms, there is movement and growth. Now we presents a series of watercolors of medicinal plants; not in the strict sense of medicine that heals an organ, but in spiritual healing, a relationship that makes it possible to heal constantly.
Antonella Zumaita part of the principles of painting, color, form and textures as an extension of thought. She comes and goes, at times she enters the theoretical plane and returns to the assessment of the color and nuances found naturally in plants. Now he studies the poppy, he finds in it characteristics that seem antithetical; They have very delicate and translucent petals, and they also withstand contrary climates. In its medicinal use it is a natural analgesic and, at the same time, it is used in the manufacture of drugs such as heroin.
Clara Best He has been working consistently on the use of pictorial material and the image it projects. That is why he delves into the knowledge about the dyed with natural dyes, sewing and design in different communities of Peru. In his research trips, he realized the difficulty of observing animals, because some of them mimetized with nature to protect themselves and, from this perspective, he has been weaving new links with it.
The artists make us see each other through layers, because we are nature, we are looms
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