Luis Adelantado Valencia is pleased to present Plasma Pool, the third solo exhibition of the artist Folkert de Jong at the gallery.
His new project talks about the concept of collision between man and nature. This relationship is reflected, according to the artist, in science fiction stories and artificial intelligence. This is a proposal in which a series of bronze sculptures will be shown, with reference to the human body, presented somewhat distorted, modelled by the hot bronze, given its passage through the foundry. In dialogue with these fragments of life, we will find animals in pristine golden bronze, in an exercise full of synergies.
De Jong attaches great symbolism and meaning to these works. Gold, as a precious metal with a superior status over other metals, symbolises purity and immortality. But it also shows the other side of the coin, representing human selfishness and exploitation.
En esta relación de extremos, el artista encuentra la oportunidad de resucitar una nueva obra que viene de lugares dispares, como el ave fénix. Los animales dorados emergen como vencedores sobre un mundo material, destrozado por la violencia humana.
In dialogue with the sculptures, we find drawings, which revolve around the idea of conflict, collision and interference. Some of them direct our gaze towards the infinite, alluding to the network of constellations that populate the universe. Others remind us in their complexion of super-sized Rorschach stains, which show the direct encounter between the body and ink as an artistic medium.