WOLVES ARE FIERCER ON THE OTHER SIDEWhen some human groups settled permanently on land suitable for agriculture, it was not long before they began to build ditches, palisades and parapets to keep themselves protected from the rest of the peoples who, like themselves until recently, maintained a nomadic way of life. The barriers that later became walls delimited the separation between what we have come to call civilization and its exterior. On the other side, remained the barbarians.These early sedentary cultures identified those who lived outside the cities with wolves, bears, lions, and other non-domesticated animals. However, later on the same beasts, birds of prey and mythological creatures would go from being used to describe the indomitable ferocity of "wild" peoples to become symbols of "civilized" power. Nobility, impetus or courage, qualities associated with carnivorous animals chosen as emblem by various political entities, can also be understood as euphemisms of aggressiveness, violence and drive for domination. Wolves Are Fiercer on the Other Side materializes in a set of fragmentary bas-reliefs. This format, halfway between drawing and sculpture, functions both as an ornament of a given surface and as a narrative medium. Some of the reliefs are superimposed on synthetic drawings alluding to different walls erected by disappeared civilizations. The dust of adobe bricks, stone blocks or concrete plates outlines the contours of inconsistent walls, adorned by allegories of their own ruin. |
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| Realpolitik 2019 / 96 x 146 x 3,5 cm / Tinted plaster, paint, fiberglass and wood |
Clash of Superpowers 2019 / 101 x 112 x 3,5 cm / Tinted plaster, paint, fiberglass and wood |
Courage 2019 / 49 x 41 x 3 cm / Tinted plaster, paint, fiberglass and wood |
Impetus 2019 / 47 x 39 x 3 cm / Tinted plaster, paint, fiberglass and wood |
Freedom as a Pretext 2020 / 103 x 64 x 4 cm / Tinted plaster, paint, fiberglass and wood |
Firmness 2020 / 58 x 50 x 4 cm / Tinted plaster, paint, fiberglass and wood |
Conquest of Nature 2020 / 94 x 147 x 4 cm / Tinted plaster, paint, fiberglass and wood |
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Installation Views A Trail Amongst Ruins / Can Felipa, Barcelona / 2021 |