"Chiromorphose" 2010
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
(Photographies by Mara Sanchez-Renero)
This framed hand photography embraces organic fluidity in striking contrast to Chiromorphose's geometric rigidity—hands forming descending cascade of interwoven fingers suggesting water flowing over stone or tree roots seeking subterranean connection. Intentional asymmetry introduces natural movement frozen at its most elegant moment, where curved negative spaces read simultaneously as cellular structures and Gaudí's organic modernism meeting Japanese calligraphic gesture. Baixas maintains structural integrity while suggesting complete fluidity: hands appearing both solid and liquid, permanent and ephemeral.
This work explores the sculptural capacities of the hands. Stripping them from their symbolism or the functions for which they are normally used, I explored them like someone examining a foreign body, searching for their limits and pushing them in different directions. To do this, I used opposed sculptural concepts like straight-curved, and simple-complex; searched for the interconnection between fingers, and the balance between distances, and tried to generate geometric shapes and textures. At times, I would find shapes that were like doors opening onto a myriad of new possibilities. Throughout the process, I discovered a world of fingers that transformed reality taking it to another level.
It is an abstract development, I didn't try to make the forms resemble known things. Despite this, the results are very suggestive, sometimes they look like architectural constructions or industrial designs, shells, corals, branches, flowers, masks... This effect is produced because many of these real objects are made with the same proportions or mathematical patterns inherent in nature. This is a question that interested me a lot. The fact that the distance of the finger bones coincides with the Fibonacci numbers, related to the golden ratio, which the Greeks and Renaissance considered the ideal of beauty, gives these shapes a special balance and perhaps a divine dimension.
Embrace organic elegance in this framed hand photography. This professionally framed 50" x 50" work arrives exhibition-ready for your collection. The flowing biomorphic composition offers a softer counterpoint to geometric hand studies, revealing nature's architecture within human anatomy. Available in multiple editions at The Art Design Project, Miami Beach. Inquire today to bring this exploration of natural form and corporeal poetry into your space with museum-quality presentation included..
Biomorphic Flow | Framed Hand Photography, Chiromorphose 2010
Untitled XVI, (nc-15-S4-0011), 2010
From the series Chiromorphose
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle fine art paper
Dimensions:
Large:
Sheet size: 100 H x 100 W cm.
Image size: 90 H x 90 W cm.
Edition of 5 + 1AP
Small size:
Sheet size: 50 H x 50 W cm.
Image size: 45 H x 45 W cm.
Edition 1 of 20 + 1APUnframed
Black & White photography
Nico Baixas, also known as Gos-com-fuig, is a creative interdisciplinary artist from Spain, whose work focuses solely on the hands. Born into a family of puppeteers, Nico started performing at a very young age with his parent's company, La Claca, which collaborated with the famous painter Joan Miró. As a result, Nico spent most of his childhood in art museums. Inspired by the works of Calder, Giacometti, Mondrian, Lewitt, and others, decides to pursue an artistic career studying music and working in cinema, before finding his path as a performer in the European avant-garde theater scene. In 2014 I joined Cirque du Soleil for the creation of KURIOS which became one of the company's most acclaimed shows, performing in New York, Tokyo, Paris, London, and Rome, among other cities. GENERACIONES'07 awarded his latest project a grant, and it was presented at the ARCO Art Fair in Madrid.
