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Germinación Primaria, by Ramón Chirinos. A burst of vermilion and orange dominates the upper left quadrant, defying the architectural order that attempts to contain it.

Ramón Chirinos

Germinación Primaria

Year
2016
Technique
Mixed Media
Dimensions
150 × 150 cm
Status
Available
Palette
vermilion red, orange, carbon black, slate grey, bone white
Brushwork
Dense impastos applied with a palette knife contrasting with fluid glazes, sgraffito, and splatters over geometric planes.

Curatorial analysis

A burst of vermilion and orange dominates the upper left quadrant, defying the architectural order that attempts to contain it. In this large-format canvas, the pictorial space is articulated through a deliberate collision between the geometric rigor of orthogonal planes in grays and whites, and a chaotic, organic core that pulses with telluric force.

The surface displays a complex architecture of tensions. Toward the right and background, broad flat bands of ash tones and luminous transparencies establish an almost constructivist calm, interrupted by an upper register featuring delicate textured work, reminiscent of lace or cellular patterns. In absolute contrast, the visual center seethes with layers of dense matter: scraped impastos, nervous strokes, drips, and sgraffito markings that reveal the painting's previous strata. This chromatic mass, charged with yellows and carmines, seems to eject circular shapes evocative of fruits or seeds in full vital pulse.

The interplay of scales accentuates this friction. Dark horizontal bands running through the middle ground act as lintels or containment barriers, yet the paint overflows any static boundary through splatters and drippings that descend toward the base. There is a constant transition between the veiled and the evident, between the solidity of monochromatic blocks and the microscopic vibration of areas minutely detailed with calligraphic line work.

This dialectic transforms the canvas into a metaphor of origin. Rather than depicting a visible botanical process, the surface registers the fertile violence of birth: the blind force of life carving its way through inert matter and rigid structural frameworks. The painting suspends that unrepeatable moment when containment yields and latent energy turns into pure presence.

Germinación Primaria

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