SENTINEL OF LIGHT
The sculpture manifests itself as a vigilant and restrained presence, a circular lens that observes without intervening, attentive to the variations in light and the movement of the viewer. The broad, concentric lines that run across its surface generate a latent depth, where gestures seem suspended within the crystalline material, like signals that remain on alert. Activated by light and movement, the image is never fixed: it changes, responds, and records, reinforcing its status as a sentinel, an entity that remains awake and perceptive.
The wooden structure on which it rests provides a solid and stable base, emphasizing the idea of permanence and custody in contrast to the visual lightness of the lens. This balance between weight and transparency turns the work into a silent observation point, which neither narrates nor describes, but rather accompanies and watches over from stillness. Sentinel of Light offers an experience of slow contemplation, where the gaze meets an object that seems to return it, reminding us that to see is also to be observed by light.
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The series developed by Álvaro Quintana and Jesús de la Fuente for DA PROJECT stems from a shared creative process, in which sculpture is understood as a field of tension between gesture, space, and matter.
The research draws on diverse influences: the formal intensity of expressionism, the radicalism of Franz Kline's brushstrokes, the chromatic depth of Rothko, and the spatial dimension of artists such as Isamu Noguchi and Barnett Newman.
The work does not seek representation, but presence: structures that assert themselves in space with strength, silence, and balance.
In these pieces, geometry coexists with expressive impulse. Each sculpture preserves the traces of the process, the restrained gesture, and the precise decision. The reference to tradition—from Velázquez and El Greco to Mondrian—does not appear as a quotation, but rather as a deep understanding of the weight of space, verticality, and composition.
Produced by DA PROJECT, the series reflects a way of understanding sculptural editing as part of the creative act itself: a collaboration in which thought, technique, and form advance inseparably.
The works are presented as autonomous entities, designed to interact with contemporary spaces and be integrated into collections that value formal intensity, conceptual solidity, and the permanence of sculpture.
Álvaro Quintana / Jesús de la Fuente
DELAFUENTEART PROJECT
Medium Steel, Wood, Metal, Thermal metallization, Crystalline resin, Stained glass welding
Edition 8+4PA
Height 186 cm
Width of work 83 cm
Depth of work 50 cm
Weight of work 100 kg
Weather resistance No
DELAFUENTE / QUINTANA
Álvaro Quintana Escobar (1991), an artist trained in Fine Arts with a master's degree in Heritage Conservation, and Jesús de la Fuente (1972), an artist and sculpture producer, develop a joint practice that lies at the intersection between sculptural creation, material research, and technical knowledge.
Within the framework of DELAFUENTEART, they combine the development of their own work and sculptural production with the exploration of processes, materials, and formal solutions applied to contemporary sculpture, combining artistic practice and production at an international level.
