HORIZONTAL

Guided precisely by the history and topology of La Fragua, Miquel Mont and Guillermo Mora focus on the line of paint that covered the walls of the room from the floor to a height of 1.70 meters. This dark blue paint line, which has been repainted a thousand times above, remains a creamy color. This dividing line of paint that ran through the space has been gradually hidden by the construction of MDF panels that have been progressively incorporated into the space to adapt it as closely as possible to a white cube. However, nothing has ever been painted over this waterline, which remains visible in the passage of the arches of each of the three areas that make up La Fragua.

In an action that has something archaeological about it, the artists use this historic wall painting to reclaim a horizontal division that delimits the site-specific work in a chromatic horizontality that rejects white as a background for the presentation of other works, deciding to cover all the walls in a range of colors negotiated between the two. Strong colors dominate the upper bands of the walls, with a lighter gradation used along the lower perimeter.

On this basis of dual chromaticism that permeates everything, a representation of individual pieces is incorporated, forming a total ensemble, demarcated by a polarity of top and bottom, where another possible play of mirror and mirage exists. A risk game that eliminates the white background, focusing on a palette of colors. As a contrast, it presents the artists’ works in a non-colored format.