Breathing Line
Work developed at INCLASIFICABLE art residency
Cazalla de la Sierra, Sevilla . June-July 2019
An experiment based on a Japanese brush for calligraphy.
At my last visit to Japan, I fell in love with a brush (that happens, right?).
Loved its sensitivity, fluidity and expressiveness.
After filling many notebooks with a continuous line that reflected my breathing while drawing, I wondered what would happen with a change to a larger format.
For that I had recreate the brush and draw on the floor barefooted.
Each piece is a record of a different rhythm and time and invites you to follow the line and replicate the cadence of each breath.
At my last visit to Japan, I fell in love with a brush (that happens, right?).
Loved its sensitivity, fluidity and expressiveness.
After filling many notebooks with a continuous line that reflected my breathing while drawing, I wondered what would happen with a change to a larger format.
For that I had recreate the brush and draw on the floor barefooted.
Each piece is a record of a different rhythm and time and invites you to follow the line and replicate the cadence of each breath.
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Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 200 cm | 55 x 80 inches
Private Collection
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33 breaths, 2019
Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 190 cm | 55 x 75 inches
Private Collection
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Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 200 cm | 55 x 80 inches
Private Collection
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccb2908d7a3ec371983a4612cf963c374a843457dfc58025e13566a7f5a1602a/33-1.jpg)
Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 190 cm | 55 x 75 inches
Private collection
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4dded99f488e55cee082eea410a74a05c9b6eaa3bc6f9f02d156835b82ca6449/31.jpg)
Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 190 cm | 55 x 75 inches
Private collection
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e23c3be55b5204a45cf493fc212b0d10d4fbe21b5f39d537f7c1acffc472d26/29-1.jpg)
Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 200 cm | 55 x 80 inches
Private collection