Blanca Berlín: "Geometría, naturalmente… "

Blanca Berlín begins the year with an exhibition that breaks, in a punctual and exceptional way, with her specialization in photography. Luis Matías Santos (Valladolid, 1977) is inspired by the versatility of the organic world and mathematical equations to create works on Kraft paper treated with resins, inks, pigments and acrylics. Creations that, starting from the perfect plane, move towards three-dimensional space and reach a geometric structure that implies time.

Geometría, naturalmente… reveals a way of conceiving paper not only as a material but also as a tool. The artist conceives it as a perfect mathematical plane and thanks to its characteristics and based on the folds themselves, which are the minimum expression of its volume, he manages to calculate all the geometry he needs to create the multifaceted structure.

Matías Santos starts from paper as a 2D material (length and width). With the fold and the wrinkle, he occupies space and volume, reaching 3D (length, width and depth). This geometric structure allows movement, which implies the incorporation of time, creating a 4D piece (length, width, depth and time). Finally, the shadow of the vertices and hyperboles produced by the structural geometry is projected onto the wall, making it return to a wall that only has two dimensions (2D).

The treatment that Luis Matías Santos applies to the paper, from the inside of the fibers, with the use of methyl cellulose and resins, results in an incredibly resistant material. The geometric structure and the wrinkles and folds give the paper characteristics that it does not possess, such as flexibility, allowing opening and deformation movements that lead to multiple mounting possibilities. The pearlescent effect of the finishes, mixed with the colors of the pieces and the geometric structure, provokes organic movements and infinite shapes, evoking different worlds: animal, vegetable, mineral, aquatic, dreamlike, geometric…

The exhibition is structured in two well-differentiated areas. One part is hexagonal or cubic, with pieces that derive from a very specific and particular geometry. The other part is chaos, personifying the artist’s desire to transmit that chaos is not disorder, but the possibility of everything, of existence and non-existence. Creations that combine different geometries and proportions, some of them with a golden section.

On the cover: Papel Kraft 60gr/cm3 tratado con MTC, resinas, tintas, acrílicas, pigmentos / Kraft paper 60gr/cm3 treated with MTC, resins, inks, acrylics, pigments

Source: Blanca Berlín Gallery