Angel Lara
AhumadaInquire about availability
- Year
- 2016
- Technique
- Resin
- Dimensions
- 86 × 33 × 33 cm
- Status
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- Palette
- smoky amber, rust, translucent pink, raw umber, burnt caramel
- Brushwork
- Cast in translucent resin with internal inclusions and surface polishing, mounted on an oxidation-patinated metal pedestal
Curatorial analysis
Curatorial analysis
Light passes through this female torso not to dissolve it, but to reveal its internal density. In Ahumada, the resin functions as a contemporary amber that has captured within itself swirls, folds, and brownish shadows, reminiscent of smoke condensation or sediments trapped in suspension. The polished, seamless outer surface delineates the anatomy with a clean touch, while the interior displays a still turbulence where caramel, copper, and tobacco tones thicken in accordance with the depth of the volume.
The body adopts the classical stance of contrapposto: the weight rests on one hip, generating a subtle twist at the waist that imparts organic rhythm to a figure stripped of its limbs and head. These clean truncations at the shoulders, neck, and mid-thighs recall the tradition of the classical sculptural fragment, yet stripped of marble's coldness. The anatomy is not described through an accretion of matter, but through how light glides over the curves of the belly, accentuates the crease of the groin, and reveals internal cavities as though it were an organism fossilized mid-beat.
Beneath this ethereal mass, the oxidized metal cubic plinth establishes a decisive confrontation. In contrast to the satin-like transparency and apparent weightlessness of the torso, the rust asserts its coarse texture, earthy corrosion, and near-architectural gravity. It is precisely this disparity between the telluric heaviness of the base and the spectral translucency of the body that dictates the tension of the piece. The title confirms this condition of matter transfigured by fire: a vestige seemingly on the verge of evaporating, anchored only by the mineral rigor that roots it to the ground.
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