Carlos Tapia
Sillas VoladorasSold
- Year
- 2007
- Technique
- Acrylic/Canvas
- Dimensions
- 150 × 150 cm
- Collection
- Promoción
- Status
- Sold
Curatorial analysis
Curatorial analysis
A domestic whirlwind defies physical laws in a disoriented, overhead vantage point. Chairs of all styles, from wingback armchairs to stylized nineteenth-century parlor seats, float in a weightless choreography against an abyss of ultramarine blue. The space lacks a floor, walls, or a conventional vanishing point; perspective breaks apart in favor of a concentric spin where each object appears to plunge or levitate on its own impulse.
Amid this stampede of furniture, cats operate as narrative and emotional anchors. They exhibit no panic: they stretch, climb backrests, slink through slats, or gaze at the viewer with feline indifference and incandescent pupils. Their silhouettes, tinted in emerald greens, vibrant pinks, warm oranges, and midnight blues, enter into dialogue with the upholstery and woodwork of each seat. A game of mimicry and territorial appropriation emerges, where the supple, agile nature of the animal directly contrasts with the geometric rigidity of the suspended furniture.
The dense, continuous black contour delineating each form echoes the graphic punch of contemporary illustration and comics, lending remarkable structural clarity. This crisp boundary holds pure, saturated colors that vibrate forcefully against a blue ground worked with scumbles and loose brushstrokes, hinting at air and atmospheric depth. The material density of the acrylic reinforces this frontal flatness while orchestrating a rhythmic wave of organic curves against the straight angles of the chair legs.
The painting transforms an inventory of daily domesticity into a playful, fantastical scene. Apparent chaos is sustained by a finely calibrated dynamic equilibrium, where the visual vertigo of freefall yields to a suspended, near-oneiric calm ruled entirely by the languid, sovereign logic of cats.
More works by Carlos Tapia
153 works
Available works
- Gato ObservandoCarlos Tapia · 2009
- Gato Azul (desde las alturas)Carlos Tapia · 2006
- Arbol de VidaCarlos Tapia · 2016
- El CríticoCarlos Tapia · 2009
- Sala Morisca DípticoCarlos Tapia · 2007
- Mesa ServidaCarlos Tapia · 2003
- La Nave de los LocosCarlos Tapia · 2012
- Homenaje a Matissé Danza CatisseanaCarlos Tapia · 2010
- Punto de FugaCarlos Tapia · 2014
- Gravedad CeroCarlos Tapia · 2011
- El OráculoCarlos Tapia · 2020
- Gravedad CeroCarlos Tapia · 2010
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