For the personal exhibition “There is a word to name the time of night in silence “ (There is a word for the silent hour of the night), Martín Soto Climent continues his alchemical transformation of three-dimensional objects into topological drawings, moving from his first surreal and humorous pieces to a more abstract and contemplative modality. For the first time, the artist presents charcoal drawings and paintings that he bought from his backyard. Then it layers and polishes until the black glows. The viewing angle of graphite designs will determine their brightness. The reflection of silence (The Reflection of Silence: All Works 2022) Night flicker. the silence of the light (Night Flutter. The silence of light can absorb or reflect light, creating a visual paradox.
Within the exhibition, there is an interesting tension between the works that seem to drag the viewer inside and those that push against the limits of their own frame. Ballerina pinks break with the dominant black and white color scheme. Gossip: The opening night of the caresses (Gossip, Caress-Opening night) and periwinkle blue Gossip – Lullaby (Gossip: Coo). These compositions were created by the artist using hand-dyed trousers, which he then stretched over each other to create mycelia or muscle tissue.
Soto Climent’s titles contain whispered references to the night and the interplay of black and white, light and dark. In Leda’s moment (Leda’s moment), a swan’s head peeks out from a flurry of deflected lines that transmit the flapping of the wings. Of course, movement and dance have been an integral part of the artist’s work from the very beginning. Soto Climent, as if by performing a pirouette he could return to the roots of his art by embarking on a new path in the pictorial.
