THE FLIGHT
The sculpture appears as a body suspended in midair, an ellipsoidal volume of polished crystalline resin that seems to defy gravity. Light passes through its continuous, smooth surface, revealing the different layers of color that overlap inside and transform transparency into depth and vibration. Each angle offers a changing play of reflections and tones, as if the object were floating in a frozen moment before taking flight. The piece conveys lightness and contained energy, evoking the sensation of movement and the tension between the tangible and the ethereal. El Vuelo invites the viewer to contemplate the materialization of a suspended moment, where form, color, and light combine to create an object that seems about to rise, achieving the poetry of movement and freedom.
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.
Alvaro Quintana / Jesus de la Fuente
DELAFUENTEART PROJECT
Medium Black marble, Metal, Stone, Crystal resin
Edition 8+4PA
Height 76 cm
Width of work 23 cm
Depth of work 17 cm
Weight of work 10 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.