THE PRESENCE
The sculpture stands as a contained body, whose continuous and compact geometry evokes the density and firmness of a human presence. Precision carved in wood and coated with a chrome finish, its reflective surface plays between the organic and the industrial, making the work seem to look at and respond to the space and those who contemplate it. Its near-human scale reinforces this dialogue, generating a direct relationship with the viewer's body and making its symbolic weight tangible. The piece combines formal precision and physical proximity, inviting us to pause, to feel the density of the volume and the stillness it radiates. La Presencia is perceived as a silent testimony to the corporeal and the immediate, an object that demands attention and makes the experience of space almost conscious.
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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, Thermal Metallized
Edition 8+4PA
Height 198 cm
Width of work 34 cm
Depth of work 36 cm
Weight of work 28 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.
