Miguel Marina

When someone observes the paintings of Miguel Marina. The image inevitably refers to landscapes, but a landscape compiled in the structure of the paper itself, turning it into a space of subtle relief brought to the surface. The work of Marina is an awareness, an analysis of painting as painting, nothing more, nothing less. It is facing the surface, assuming a set of conditions, and understanding the result as vital evidence of learning. The papers now hang from the gallery walls, as they did in his studio, pulling the wall and suggesting an indeterminate weight.

The three levels in the space also correspond with the levels of incidence in each one of the works, reducing the volume of the painting as we look down until it becomes almost a shadow that allows us to understand the process, and which, step by step, becomes a minimal trace, as if painting gives him pause. Painting with a deep respect for what painting means.