EMECA

After a period characterized by the free flow of paint and gestural energy, the artist initiates a process of refinement. Shapes are organized, becoming geometric, and boundaries are defined. Colour – the unmatched main character of his language – does not overflow or expand without restraint; it is contained in blocks and precise cuts. Here, line and colour do not act as separate entities but rather blend to create open chromatic bands that float on a neutral background and seem to extend beyond the limits of the canvas. They possess an expansive strength that invites us to partake in the calm and balanced state generated by the artwork. There is temperance in this new phase, a serenity that encourages the viewer to stop, look and feel.

Interlude emerges as a reflection on beauty and its meaning in our frenetic world, where we rarely take the time to contemplate. Emeca wonders what still moves us, what remains when everything passes by so quickly. Confronting the anxiety of daily life and the pressure to be uniquely different, his works pose a silent resistance: that of the purest aesthetic experience, which evokes in the observer the most profound emotions.

In this meditative exercise, there is a connection between viewer and artwork: an instant to escape the giddiness of the everyday life. As the artist suggests, perhaps in times of speed and noise, art’s true revelry is to stop and look attentively.