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Sergio Prego

2015.02.13

2015.04.28

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CarrerasMugica is pleased to present the first exhibition of the Basque artist Sergio Prego at the gallery.

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The show comprises various sculptures and drawings that are mostly to be found in varying states of material transformation. Some of the sculptural works are mobile elements whose structure can be manipulated and changed. Another suite of works, made up of water-filled membranes, engenders forms whose fluid component also allows them to be modified.

The drawings are mainly based on field sketches of botanical specimens from the Natural History Museum in New York and are shown behind translucent inflatable membranes, which are contained within frames of the same size as the stretch of wall on which they are hung. This protective membrane gives the wall a convex irregular form. The translucent quality of the protective membrane partially blurs the outline of the works on paper, varying according to their placement on the wall. Some of the drawings are made of lines that close back in on themselves to delimit a series of figures. Demarcating an area by means of a line also functions like a membrane that separates inside and outside and regulates the relationship between interior and exterior. This is a primary function that defines all organs and organisms and, by extension, the organic. The botanical motifs acknowledge a desire to search for the organic structure of plants, rooted in the very plasticity of the material of which they are made.

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The show comprises various sculptures and drawings that are mostly to be found in varying states of material transformation. Some of the sculptural works are mobile elements whose structure can be manipulated and changed. Another suite of works, made up of water-filled membranes, engenders forms whose fluid component also allows them to be modified.

The drawings are mainly based on field sketches of botanical specimens from the Natural History Museum in New York and are shown behind translucent inflatable membranes, which are contained within frames of the same size as the stretch of wall on which they are hung. This protective membrane gives the wall a convex irregular form. The translucent quality of the protective membrane partially blurs the outline of the works on paper, varying according to their placement on the wall. Some of the drawings are made of lines that close back in on themselves to delimit a series of figures. Demarcating an area by means of a line also functions like a membrane that separates inside and outside and regulates the relationship between interior and exterior. This is a primary function that defines all organs and organisms and, by extension, the organic. The botanical motifs acknowledge a desire to search for the organic structure of plants, rooted in the very plasticity of the material of which they are made.

Selected artworks
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NHM-2

2015

Drawings and inflated polyethylene

355 x 500 cm