PADRE / MADRE



Pondus romanos, madera de roble, textil y cristal
32 x 26 x 28 cm
2016

 

Utilizando dos antiguas pesas de telar romanas –empleadas en origen para mantener tensos los hilos–, realizo este trabajo que indaga en las relaciones familiares y en cómo el tiempo las va llenando de matices. Padre / Madre es una obra sobre los afectos y el vínculo, pero también es una obra –una lucha callada- sobre las contradicciones. Las pesas, que apenas logran mantener el equilibrio sobre la almohadilla -una de ellas lo consigue mediante una pequeña barra de cristal que le hace de apoyo sobre la superficie acolchada-, son a la vez símbolo de carga y tótem. Se trata de un trabajo sobre la propia identidad, las relaciones, el tiempo y sus huellas. Una obra que habla de la necesidad de equilibrio, de la dicotomía lastre / deuda: de las heridas y el reproche, pero, sobretodo, del amor.

 

FATHER / MOTHER _Roman loom-weights, oak wood, textile and glass_12’60 x 10’24 x 11 in_2016

Using two old Roman loom-weights – which were used to keep the threads tight – this work enquires about family relationships and how time fills them with nuances. Father / Mother is a study on affection and bonding, but it is also a silent struggle on contradictions. The dumbbells, which are barely able to keep their balance on the pad (one of them is supported to the padded surface just by a small glass bar), are both a symbol of burden and totem. It is a work about one's identity, relationships, time and its traces. A work that speaks of the need for balance, of the “dead-weight / debt” dichotomy, of wounds and reproach, but, above all, of love. Using two old Roman loom-weights – which were used to keep the threads tight – this work enquires about family relationships and how time fills them with nuances. Father / Mother is a study on affection and bonding, but it is also a silent struggle on contradictions. The dumbbells, which are barely able to keep their balance on the pad (one of them is supported to the padded surface just by a small glass bar), are both a symbol of burden and totem. It is a work about one's identity, relationships, time and its traces. A work that speaks of the need for balance, of the “dead-weight / debt” dichotomy, of wounds and reproach, but, above all, of love.