Barrio Escalante, San José

Visits by appointment only

Schedule a visit (opens the scheduler)
Un Momento para el Recuerdo, by Ramón Chirinos. A burst of white matter sweeps across the upper third of the canvas, shedding petals or feathers that drift toward the left margin as if answering an invisible gust.

Ramón Chirinos

Un Momento para el Recuerdo

Year
2011
Technique
Mixed Media
Dimensions
110 × 130 cm
Status
Available
Palette
plaster white, pearl grey, lead grey, charcoal black, watermelon pink
Brushwork
Superimposed layers of matter applied with a palette knife, milky glazes, scrapings, and linear markings over thinned backgrounds.

Curatorial analysis

A burst of white matter sweeps across the upper third of the canvas, shedding petals or feathers that drift toward the left margin as if answering an invisible gust. Amid this nearly weightless turbulence, a vertical vase imposes its geometric presence upon a faceted pedestal. Below, the floral arrangement converges with a tiny yet decisive chromatic accent: the luminous slice of a pink watermelon and a pair of rounded fruits, the sole islands of organic warmth within a universe dominated by the rigor of the grayscale.

The pictorial space is structured through overlapping rectangular planes that simulate frames within frames, isolating the ensemble as though it were a scene frozen behind frosted glass. To the right of the still life, the diffuse contour of a horse with a striped mane fades into transparencies and incised graphics, suspended at a scale that subverts the logic of a domestic interior. This interplay of spectral apparitions is echoed on the vessel's own surface, where fragmented letters and typographic remnants turn the ceramic into a bearer of reading and memory.

Beneath the table, a resolute, irregular black block anchors the bottom of the canvas. This dark mass acts as a gravitational counterweight against the nearly airborne lightness hovering in the center, punctuated only by slender seepages of light and controlled drips. Palette-knife scrapings and milky glazes build a tactile surface where silhouettes of bottles and transparent profiles appear to dissolve among superimposed strata of time.

The scene operates as a mnemonic theater. Rather than recording a traditional still life, it articulates an oneiric atmosphere in which everyday objects, childhood games, and the fleeting nature of fruits are held in a suspended equilibrium between permanence and the evaporation of memory.

Un Momento para el Recuerdo

More works by Ramón Chirinos

34 works

Available works

View all 34 works by Ramón Chirinos

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.