"Chiromorphose" 2010
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
(Photographies by Mara Sanchez-Renero)
This hand composition photography achieves the most mathematically precise gesture in the Chiromorphose catalogue—interlaced fingers forming perfect triangular ascending structure through bilateral symmetry. Each finger positioned to create harmonious negative spaces mirroring across the vertical axis, where Fibonacci proportions inherent in finger bone lengths produce natural aesthetic balance. Baixas' Cirque du Soleil background informs the anatomical precision: this gesture exists at the edge of sustainable tension, held for the photographic instant before release. Geometry emerges from flesh rather than imposed upon it.
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.
Add geometric precision to your collection. This symmetrical hand composition photography is available as a museum-quality archival pigment print in two editions: an intimate 50cm format (edition of 20 + 1AP) or a commanding 127cm format. The framed presentation ensures immediate exhibition readiness. Contact The Art Design Project in Miami Beach to discuss which scale best serves your space and discover how this exploration of triangular symmetry and mathematical beauty can elevate your collection.
Geometric hand composition photography | Hand Study from Chiromorphose 2010
Untitled XIII (s-15-S4-0012), 2010
From the series Chiromorphose
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle fine art paper
Dimensions:
Small size:
Sheet size: 50 H x 50 W cm.
Image size: 45 H x 45 W cm.
Edition 2 of 20 + 1AP
Large size:
Sheet size: 100 H x 100 W cm.
Image size: 90 H x 90 W cm.
Edition of 5 + 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.
