SINGLE GESTURE 1
Theory of the Single Gesture
You never step into the same river twice.
Heraclitus
The irreducible maxim of one of the greatest philosophers since Classical Greece, and the only one who remained irreducible under Nietzsche's fierce scrutiny, can be credited with translating the essence of nature, in its broadest sense, as permanent movement. We may dare to bring the brilliant observation of Heraclitus of Ephesus closer to our theory of the single gesture, which is nothing more, within the scope of the microscale of the subject, than continuous, rapid and flawless movement. The work was inspired by the technique of Japanese calligraphy, but we separate the plastic expression of the ideogram from its linguistic function. To some this may sound rather heretical; for us it is no more than freedom of creation.
During some of the pandemic months, I patiently dedicated myself to the production of ten or fifteen works a day, executed in black acrylic paint on A4 bond paper; with luck, one or two convincing results were saved from each session; and I selected a small sample from the hundred I made.
The theory of the single gesture, that is, of an unalterable making, has, in our view, a certain kinship with photography or Haiku as a record that reflects the river of time. It is not given to us to penetrate the thing itself, as we know. We shall never know what it is like to be a cat or a flower. Language is the modus operandi with which we penetrate the world since there is always a filter between us and the thing itself, whether it be the cat, the flower or what is conventionally called – the similar. Translating the world, that is, time, is the attribute of Being.
Perhaps you who have followed us up to here could ask us: so can a charge of ink on a sheet of paper can be a synthesis of time? And we would answer you: yes, in the same way that a grain of sand can contain the elements that make up the star, for example.
Single Gesture XXIV
Year: 2021
Technique: India ink on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 47.5×32.8 cm
Single Gesture XXIII
Year: 2021
Technique: India ink on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 47.5 x 32.8 cm
Single Gesture XXII
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 47.5 x 32.8 cm
Single Gesture XXI
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 43.2 x 31.5cm
Single Gesture XX
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 43.2 x 31.5cm
Single Gesture XIX
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 43.2 x 31.5cm
Single Gesture XVIII
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 43.2 x 31.5cm
Single Gesture XVII
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 43.2 x 31.5cm
Single Gesture XVI
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 43.2 x 31.5cm
Single Gesture XV
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 43.2 x 31.5cm
Single Gesture XIV
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 43.2 x 31.5cm
Single Gesture XIII
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 43.2 x 31.5cm
Single Gesture XII
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Single Gesture XI
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Single Gesture X
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Single Gesture IX
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Single Gesture VIII
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Single Gesture VII
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Single Gesture VI
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Single Gesture V
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Single Gesture IV
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Single Gesture III
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Gesto Único II
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Single Gesture I
Year: 2021
Technique: Acrylic on paper, 90g
Dimensions: 29.7 x 21.0 cm
