Artwork details
Confronted Ash Tile
An oblique sequence of overlaps turns the canvas into a tactile plane, between sandy lime and ash grey. Light comes to rest on the edges and sinks into the speckled weave.
Curatorial text
The format, tall and contained, is articulated as a succession of pieces that advance diagonally, like tiles or steps that take over from one another with a quiet cadence. On the axis, a grey corridor runs the full height with continuity, while two lateral margins, warmer and sandier, flank it like buttresses. The repetition is not mechanical: each overlap shows a slight variation in curvature and edge, and a more pronounced oblique joint introduces a kink that shifts the balance without breaking it.
The palette remains within a register of lime, sand and ash. The central grey, worked with dense stippling and a weave of soft drags, absorbs the light and returns it in fine vibrations, almost damp. In contrast, the sides present an ochre-whitish porosity, with a more open grain, suggesting erosion and deposit.
The relief becomes legible along the lifted edges: each fold casts a minimal shadow that delineates the architecture of the surface. A darker perimeter contains the work and reinforces its condition as an object, where the material—stratified and precise—records the time of construction in every overlap.