Cabeza Nuclear, 2019, constructs an image of striking tension between the organic and the scientific. A weathered-looking head occupies the center of the composition, while several curved orbits cross and surround it like an atomic model. The monochromatic treatment emphasizes the figure’s textures, cavities and contrasts, while the small circular elements introduce a sense of movement and contained energy. As a figurative painting, the work transforms a recognizable form into a speculative image, positioning it between anatomy, science and the imagination of a possible universe.
 
This series of works stems from the reflection on the value attributed to objects (metals and precious stones), established culturally and historically by society. By means of the two-dimensional representation where the artist creates a series of paintings that dialogue ironically with the concept of value, understood by the added content, I represent scenes and objects that are directly related to the idea of ​​exchange and judgment fundamentally using a chromatic range that is associated with said judgment (gray graphite as a physical component of the diamond in another density, gold, silver and bronze as metals representing different scales of value), combining such materials by its chromatic symbolic quality. The artist I use the technique of watercolor on cardboard and graphite on canvas as a medium essential for the realization of this project.
 
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