“Sólo hay dos flores: la amapola y la rosa”/ Close up
“The Same Way a Light Sound”
Titled after the poem “The Same Way a Light Sound” or “Como leve sonido” by Luis Cernuda—exiled and Queer poet from the Generation of ’27: Spain’s Tragic Literary Generation The sculptural body of work presented comprises nine different pieces of annealed float glass. The standing forms are fragmented cylinders that have been severed, beaten or drilled, then glued or sewn back and re-envisioned through the insertion of hair. In exploring iterations of empathy and materiality they speak of new orders and systems. Slumped glass, adhesive, graphite, hair, high-density conglomerate wood Slumping, coldworking, sewing (lacing), glueing, wood carpentry, painting Installation of variable dimensions; platform measures 5 x 8 ft./ Glass forms are 31 in. tall Year 2016
“Sólo hay dos flores: la amapola y la rosa”
Titled after the poem “Flores” from the book Orfebre by Leopoldo María Panero—Spaniard contemporary poet Goat kidskin translucent parchment, silk thread, acrylic glass box Hand wet stitching, box building Dimensions of installation are 15 x 15 x 15 in. Year 2015
Pablo Vindel
Pablo Vindel (Spain, 1990) is a visual artist and a writer. Multilingual, individual and foreign, he embraces and explores mythologies of displacement, resilience and translation. Vindel holds an MFA in Studio from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2016) and a BFA from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain (2014). He has lived and studied internationally at the San Francisco Art Institute and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Vindel has completed residencies in Kumarakom (India), San Francisco, Valencia (Spain), and Istanbul. His work has been exhibited widely and internationally in Europe, Asia and the States. He currently lives and works in Barcelona.
