VOGUE06©BeatrizGlezSa

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Comment by Resident Curator on August 12, 2018 at 3:00pm

Curator’s Comment:

 

I remember being awed by these luminous figurative compositions a little over a year ago, and am happy to revisit the series.  Coming up in a random search, I was able to view this piece (VOGUR 6) without the dazzling array of full color images in proximity.  This image is arguably more subdued in color and light, but nonetheless presents an evocative psychological relationship.  The entwined figures’ personal identities are blurred by movement and reflection; their entanglement is the ultimate subject here.  I see them as sinking rather than dancing or floating in deep water, likely because the sea floor is so close. But while they are visually grounded, their reflections are more otherworldly, distorted and seeming to emit a glowing light.  While the reflections on top of the water are refracted, they mirror the corporeal bodies in approximate size and color, if not shape.  As with your other underwater narratives, the viewer comes away with the sense that what first appears on the surface is not reality. These really are stunning works.