Diego de Romay @diegoderomay
Pareja (2023)
Tzalam (Lysiloma spp.)
Diego de Romay investigates the conceptual mechanics of the bond through a process of direct subtraction, executing Pareja in collaboration with master craftsmen from Bacalar. In contrast to Giacomettiās material reduction, Romay expands form from within the block to preserve its inherent organic density. The sculptural operation is framed as a continuous negotiation between material intelligence and spatial dynamics. By subordinating formal intention to the structural conditions of the wood, specifically its density, fissures, and grain, the artist activates negative space as a compositional agent equal to physical mass. The juxtaposition of untreated bark and polished interior planes articulates a material dialectic where the structural unity of the work relies entirely on the tension between opposing physical states.
Diego de Romay is part of āEl Palacio a las 4 de la maƱanaā, a group show curated by Alberto Rios de la Rosa @ariosdel at Saenger Galeria. @saenger_galeria
Diego de Romay is part of "El Palacio a las 4 de la maƱana", a group show curated by Alberto Rios de la Rosa @ariosdel at Saenger Galeria @saenger_galeria
The exhibition takes as its point of departure āThe Palace at 4 a.m. (1932)ā by Alberto Giacometti, a sculpture the artist linked to a six-month period spent in the company of a woman with whom, night after night, he built a fantastical, fragile palace out of matchsticks. Within that confession reside several foundational ideas like spatial construction as a metaphor for emotional states, the inherent fragility of every significant creation, and the repetitive act of making as a simultaneous form of knowledge and desire. Giacomettiās piece crystallized surrealismās distinctive capacity to transform intimate experience into oneiric architecture, and it is from that premise that the ten artists gathered here propose works that transmute material, political, and existential urgencies into visual constructions inhabited by ghosts, memory, and longing.
- Alberto RĆos de la Rosa
@liz_capote@anzaandres@_terito@paula.cortazar@diegoinestrillas@diegoderomay@raul.mirlo@cristobal8a@natalia_ramas@miriamsalado@saenger_galeria
