Artwork details
Diptych of Penumbra
Two vertical panels articulate a skin of black and lime grain, set upon a dark baseboard that acts as silence and anchor.
Curatorial text
Two narrow boards appear, arranged in parallel, functioning as a diptych of minimal respiration: a precise central separation and clear margins turn the ensemble into architecture. The upper part of each panel thickens into a mesh of off-whites and blacks, while a compact, dark lower band stabilises the reading as a baseboard.
The main surface is built through the accumulation of small cells and splatters which, seen up close, form an irregular tapestry. There is no figure and no dominant gesture; the vibration arises from microscopic repetition, from the alternation between clump and pore, and from an internal drawing that tangles without becoming line. The contrast between the two panels comes through slight shifts in density: one seems more closed, the other allows the white more room to breathe.
Light strikes obliquely and reveals a contained relief: the texture protrudes only slightly, enough to produce fine shadows and an optical tremor. The black baseboard, matt and continuous, absorbs the light and reinforces the verticality, as if the upper matter—more active—were suspended upon a base of gravity.