"That which distinguishes the truly original minds is not the ability to see something new, but to be capable of seeing as new that which is old, known and undervalued by everyone."
Friederich Nietzsche
In La Transvaloración, Armando De la Garza employs iconic images from art history and classical references of the grand masters as a foundation to engage in dialogue and pose questions that invite the viewer to draw conclusions.
Fragments of the piece that open up like windows and convey something... or perhaps not; others, the most significant ones perhaps, are obstructed by saturated areas of color that synthesize the drawing and palette, creating an almost solid chromatic void that prompts us to question what we are seeing, what we are not, and why.
In some, puzzles that fit together and form complete wholes; in others, fragments of a whole that remain suspended, leaving the uncertainty of why only that part emerged. And in the end, radical interventions with materials like polymer resins, enamels, waxes, or pigments disrupt the "finished" piece, breaking away from the preciousness of the era, while simultaneously melding, uniting, and healing.