Barrio Escalante, San José

Visits by appointment only

Schedule a visit (opens the scheduler)
Etéreo, by Ileana Piszk. A luminous torrent of glacial blues, cobalt, and cyan cuts across the canvas from side to side, fracturing the surface with the force of a sudden thaw or a tectonic fault.
1 photo · 1 video

Ileana Piszk

EtéreoInquire about availability

Year
2024
Technique
Acrylic/Canvas
Dimensions
150 × 300 cm
Collection
Andrómeda
Status
Inquire about availability
Palette
cyan blue, deep cobalt blue, golden ochre, crimson red, vermilion orange
Brushwork
Dense impasto applied with a palette knife alongside horizontal sweeps and striated material

Curatorial analysis

A luminous torrent of glacial blues, cobalt, and cyan cuts across the canvas from side to side, fracturing the surface with the force of a sudden thaw or a tectonic fault. Flanking it, an overflowing mass of blazing ochres, vermilions, and dark earths attempts to contain this liquid surge. The panoramic three-meter scale transforms viewing into an enveloping physical encounter; the viewer's body is positioned directly before a thermal clash where cutting cold and fiery warmth contest dominion over the pictorial space.

The visual structure rests on two opposing gestural logics coexisting in constant tension. Across the central band, the paint is dragged in sweeping, dynamic horizontal strokes that reveal underlying layers and lend the current an uninterrupted velocity. Toward the margins, by contrast, the handling becomes atomized, heavily textured, and dense. Piszk applies the acrylic with impasto, short nervous marks, and scraped passages that build up an incandescent vegetal or mineral crust. This tactile relief reacts to light with microscopic shadows, granting the golden yellows, ambers, and carmines a crackling vibration that contrasts with the apparent weightlessness of the blue river.

Along the upper edge, a horizontal band of deep, saturated crimson acts as a twilight atmosphere or sky, providing a plane of visual rest that stabilizes the turmoil in the foreground. The image suggests the ferocity of grand geographic events, like a rushing torrent carving through blazing ravines, yet it equally invites a cosmic reading of colliding nebulae. Paradoxically, set against a title that evokes the intangible and subtle, the work asserts its power through the earthly weight and physical presence of pigment. It is precisely in this friction that its magnetism resides: the ethereal is presented here not as a lack of gravity, but as a dazzling energy born from the chaos of matter.

Etéreo

More works by Ileana Piszk

88 works

Available works

View all 88 works by Ileana Piszk

Similar works

By subject, palette and style

Message the gallery on WhatsApp

Cookies

We use cookies to learn how the site is used and to show the gallery's ads on other platforms. They are only turned on if you accept them.