SOLITUDE AND  HUMAN HOPE

The work of the Catalan artist Begoña Terradas which reflects the special connection to drawing and the mastery of its execution, has the mark of a very original style and poetics in all aspects of its expression. An aesthetic that values everyday life, the great lesson of another Catalan artist of worldwide fame, Tàpies. Objects that seem dormant still give life to somewhat claustrophobic spaces, a kind of “cages” for a human who is fragmented and captive of his fantasies and nightmares and who only seems to release the magic, the tide of the overlapping plots, in the hallucinating perfection and rigor of the drawing.

In the spaces, the detailed plot of the drawing expands and the objects take on an unusual protagonism, a fascination that is unique. It is an index of human loneliness, but also of the hope that accompanies it, as in the current engraving, where “à night, in this room,” anything seems like it could happen.

Maria João Fernandes

AICA - International Association of Art Critics