Alberto Carlos Ayala (XX) - Magma

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The work presents itself as an essential perceptual field, in which painting activates a direct relationship with space and with the duration of observation. A vast, uniform chromatic surface is crossed by a compressed and incandescent horizontal line, which acts as an energetic threshold within the composition.
Color operates as matter-time: the dominant expanse constructs a continuous mental space, while the central fracture concentrates heat and memory, giving shape to a geological dimension of the vision. The tension that derives from it is structural in nature and is inscribed in the balance between continuity and concentration.
The work situates itself within a broader inquiry into magma and stratification, understood as metaphors of depth and perception, conceived as conceptual territories in continual transformation.
The painterly language dialogues with the tradition of minimalism and tonal painting through a deliberate handling of layers and their thresholds. The gesture is disciplined and measured; surface variations accumulate into a progressive sedimentation that structures the surface as a whole.
The landscape emerges as an experiential condition, a traversable and inhabitable space. The work takes shape as a place of contemplation and resistance to the visual noise of contemporary times, affirming a vision of painting as a quiet act of guardianship and solace.
For its formal essentialism, restrained iconographic force, and the ability to sustain a coherent inquiry over time, the work naturally situates itself within a high-end collecting and institutional context.