Susana Solano
At La Cripta, Susana Solano (Barcelona, 1946) presents a selection of works reflecting the influence of her time in Sub-Saharan Africa. When asked about them, the artist responded:
“Do not look for a meaning in this work.
If there is one, it is not here to be explained.
Its sole intention is to invite you to move, to look, and to feel,
if only for an instant.
There are realities that resist words.”
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Barcelona-born Susana Solano began her artistic career with a brief journey into painting in the early 1980s that ended up taking her into the medium she has continued to work in ever since: sculpture. Her work is frequently linked to postminimalism, as well as to other Spanish sculptors like Julio González, Jorge Oteiza and Eduardo Chillida. Iron and wicker are common in her art, although she has also created works using industrial forging, always with a clear intention of exploring the relationship between space and artist.
Solano creates symbolic spaces with abstract forms, drawing inspiration from nature, the environment, and memory, inducing us to observe them and respond. Based on her own experiences... read more
