Serie MICRAS 2017

This is Serie MICRAS by Requena Nozal, its dimensions are 50 x 50 cm. Look at the way the black paint has been applied in bold diagonal swathes, and then overlaid with that drippy, lace-like white. It's like two different processes happening at once, a kind of push and pull, which, for me, is what painting is all about. Zoom in on those areas where the white overlaps the black. See how the texture changes, how the eye jumps and skips? It's a really physical thing, this painting. The surface has a kind of topographical quality. It reminds me of aerial views of glaciers, or even brain coral, something organic that has grown and spread. That little fleck of blue peeking through at the top left? It's like a secret, a little wink from the artist, and that's what keeps me hooked.