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Hacia un nuevo Horizonte, by Ileana Piszk. Two main vessels emerge with sculptural force amidst an atmosphere ignited by incandescent yellows and ochres.
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Ileana Piszk

Hacia un nuevo Horizonte

Year
2020
Technique
Acrylic/Canvas
Dimensions
100 × 130 cm
Status
Available
Palette
yellow ochre, vermilion red, ultramarine blue, warm white, olive green
Brushwork
Dense impasto applied with palette knife and flat brush, with scraping, dragging, and visible textural grooves.

Curatorial analysis

Two main vessels emerge with sculptural force amidst an atmosphere ignited by incandescent yellows and ochres. Their hulls, defined through dense vermilions and vigorous impasto, cut through a turbulent sea that occupies the lower third in shades ranging from deep cobalt to ultramarine. In this arrangement, Ileana Piszk establishes an immediate tension between weight and suspension: the keels sustain the physical density of pure matter, while the masts rise like slender vertical scaffoldings defying the surrounding chromatic tempest.

The canvas surface exhibits a tactile treatment where the palette knife drags, scrapes, and superimposes layers with gestural urgency. Between the acrylic ridges, glimpses of violet, turquoise, and broken white appear, revealing the process of accumulation and subtraction that brings the vessels to life. The medium is not content with merely depicting the swell; it acquires its own relief, creating rugged crests and striations that capture the ambient light of the gallery space and endow the scene with constant optical vibration.

Toward the edges and across the upper section, the boundaries of the naval structures dissolve into a luminous haze. Rigging and spars transform into calligraphic, almost abstract signs floating within the golden glare. The depicted journey eschews habitual harbor serenity; rather than a docile navigation, the painting suggests a passage through untamed elemental forces, where advancing toward that new horizon demands carving a path through the very density of color.

Hacia un nuevo Horizonte

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