Straight to the Heart
2002
The Heart (concrete object) the force of life, constant, pulsating, vital inevitably imbued with symbolism, traditions, myths loses its physical attributes, transforms into another
Heart (abstract concept).
This project is a visual unification of these two Hearts. Grabbing the symbolism of popular Spanish traditions, songs, clichés, I confront them in an attempt to rescue the essence, the matter that extracts us from the "virtual" world of our daily life to submerge us in the "real" world.
The real from the abstract, the unreal from the concrete.
Both in sync.
The center, the pulse, the Heart .
This series consist of 26 photos of 20” x 20” enlarged on gelatin silver emulsion coated fiber paper (warm) selenium toned. Each photo is presented adhered to a raw thick canvas 27.8” x 29.8”. Each canvas is hung on two meat iron hooks, which, in turn, are soldered onto an iron rod of 32”.
The Installation
ICPNA Miraflores, Lima. 2001
