Carlos Tapia
Malinche en FlorSold
- Year
- 2019
- Technique
- Acrylic/Canvas
- Dimensions
- 150 × 150 cm
- Collection
- Glitter
- Status
- Sold
Curatorial analysis
Curatorial analysis
The vermilion explosion of the canopies commands the space with a vehemence that suspends any attempt at docile mimesis. Two malinche trees concentrate the light in a flare of pure orange, rooted on a slope that descends toward a dirt path. That incandescent blooming clashes directly against a mountain ridge rendered in dense strata of violet, indigo, and turquoise, reversing the customary luminous conventions of rural landscape painting.
Spatial construction dispenses with gradual atmospheric perspective, structuring itself instead through a rhythmic pulse of matter. The midground vegetation and mountains rise through an almost tactile weave of circular dabs and juxtaposed impastos, where emerald greens, solar yellows, and somber purples coexist in clusters that seem to vibrate autonomously. Frontally, the slope responds to this granular saturation with smoother planes of luminous lime green, upon which fallen petals form a calligraphic stippling that traces the curve of a rustic post fence. The pale dirt road acts as a gentle cleft guiding the eye into the thicket, balancing the exuberant weight of the foliage.
At the top, the sky renounces blue to churn in swirls of magenta, carmine, and milky white, with a material density that extends the thermal tension of the earth below. There is no atmospheric respite or cool air here: the entire atmosphere seems to partake in the bloom. The Costa Rican rural scene is thus transformed into a territory of pure chromatic energy, where pictorial matter celebrates the fiery cycle of the tree not as a passive postcard, but as a living, dazzling event.
More works by Carlos Tapia
153 works
Available works
- Cruce de CaminosCarlos Tapia · 2022
- Montaña en FlorCarlos Tapia · 2021
- Tarde de VeranoCarlos Tapia · 2021
- TepoztlánCarlos Tapia · 2017
- Relámpagos sobre Cerro PelónCarlos Tapia · 2017
- Crestones 2Carlos Tapia · 2017
- Cerca VivaCarlos Tapia · 2021
- Doble TracciónCarlos Tapia · 2016
- Potrero de GuanacasteCarlos Tapia · 2017
- Roble y TornadoCarlos Tapia · 2020
- Al Borde del PrecipicioCarlos Tapia · 2020
- RelámpagoCarlos Tapia · 2022
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