Galerie ISA presents works by Spanish artist Antonio Santin in Amalgama. The title draws from medieval Latin, and its continued use in Italian and Spanish, to describe a magical, mythical medley of disparate elements. Amalgama perfectly encapsulates Santin’s oeuvre, which consistently defies easy definition or typecasting.
In the centuries old tradition of oil painting, Santin’s innovation lies in pushing the boundaries between sculpture and canvas, through densely layered surfaces. Santin has ventured into unchartered territory, the resulting collateral creation spotlights his command of chiaroscuro and the laborious, highly complex process through which each tableau is built. Employing pneumatic extrusions and sfumato layering, Santin hypnotically transforms the traditional canvas into a tactile, almost architectural plane.
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