Metamorfosis

Celia Gallego

📍 Thompson Hotel by Hyatt, Madrid, Spain

ES

"Cambio o evolución, quizás ni hacia delante ni hacia atrás. Sólo cambio. Como la Metamorfosis de Kafka, de un punto a otro de la historia. De quien eras a quién eres. Más allá de lo que representa la pintura sobre el lienzo, mi lugar como artista en aquel preciso momento. Un descubrimiento en sí mismo.
Como el día que Gregorio Samsa se despertó convertido en un bicho. El cambio de un día para otro de un estilo, al borde del precipicio.
Un paso al vacío intentando echar a volar, como
las golondrinas que saltan desde el balcón. Curiosa coincidencia que “miedo” y “metamorfosis” empiecen con eme. Porque no hay una sin la otra. No hay evolución sin “miedo”; no hay salto sin terror; no hay cambio real; sin incertidumbre."


EN


Change or evolution, perhaps neither forward nor backward. Just change. Like Kafka's *Metamorphosis*, from one point in history to another. From who you were to who you are. Beyond what the paint on the canvas represents, my place as an artist in that exact moment. A discovery in itself. Like the day Gregor Samsa woke up transformed into a bug. The shift overnight of a style, standing on the edge of a precipice. A step into the void, trying to take flight, like swallows leaping from the balcony. A curious coincidence that "fear" and "metamorphosis" both start with "m," because there is no one without the other. There is no evolution without "fear"; no leap without terror; no real change without uncertainty.

 

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Edition Details

Dimensions

100 x 81cm / 39 x 31 in

Medium

Óleo sobre lienzo / Oil on canvas

How it's made

Celia Gallego emplea la tradicional técnica del óleo sobre lienzo en todas sus obras. Esta consiste en mezclar pigmentos con un aglutinante a base de aceites que permite que los pigmentos se adhieran al lienzo. Jugando con las capas, brillos y transparencias, la artista logra crear sus inconfundibles retratos de rostros fragmentados. /Celia Gallego employs the traditional technique of oil on canvas in all her works. This method involves mixing pigments with an oil-based binder that allows the pigments to adhere to the canvas. By playing with layers, brightness, and transparency, the artist succeeds in creating her unmistakable portraits of fragmented faces.

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