Figura abraçant estrelles (Figure embracing stars) Painting

Carme Sanglas was born in Barcelona in 1953. She has lived in Ordis, Alt Empordà, Catalonia, Spain for 40 years, but now she lives in Barcelona.The artists work consists of paintings on paper, wood or lead, using the technique of overlaying matte textures with some parts in gold leaf. Gold that has the quality of light incorporated into the picture and at the same time, has its own symbolic value.Her compositions uses figurative subjects, including figures and objects that, taken out of their normal context or appearance, take on a new form. It is possible to read a descriptive meaning into them in various ways. The images describe themselves or have a certain coherent internal syntax, which is luminous and spatial. At the same time they exist in a strange light that isnt quite real. The colors are equidistant between light and darkness, its not possible to tell whether its dusk or dawn, at times very murky, and at others clearer, but always in stark contrast to the brilliance of the gold. Sometimes the object represented takes on and appears as a distinctive form, or it acquires volume, such as the sheets of lead worked in relief.Not infrequently, fire is represented (being a process of transformation) and also paths (that imply movement), running water, or simple actions (dawn, a smile or a breath). They add to the dramatic theme of increasing and decreasing light and darkness. One can interpret the images as an allusion to time, as if they were trying to represent or at least suggest it. Sometimes counterposing objects are used, for their own pure presence, and what is said about time. It is a language that draws information from many sources but that is moving inward. Although appearing similar to that of previous works, with little obvious change, each image evolves into unforseen solutions, discoveries with new meanings, new explanations - and many more questions.Carme Sanglas has also illustrated periodicals, books and posters. She also enjoys deicatijng part of her time to giving art classes to children in her workshop. www.carmesanglas.cat www.igac.org/?carme_sanglas /www.dunev.com/artists/sanglas/sanglas1.html