Gallery

Imagen Regresiva
Hernán Camoletto y Luis Rodríguez
Curatorship: Florencia Battiti

Appearances, as we know, can be deceiving. At first and hasty glance, the works of Luis Rodríguez and Hernán Camoletto may seem to have little in common, neither aesthetically nor conceptually. However, by adjusting the focus of attention and, above all, by reading them within the framework of the same exhibition project, we see that their works trace points of encounter in certain gestures and processes—not necessarily in terms of similarity or analogy, but through a kind of counterpoint in which both poetics tend to influence each other, crossing paths and enhancing one another.

While Luis’s works rely on reflective materials that generate optical-kinetic effects and are necessarily completed by the viewer’s visual perception, Hernán’s pieces, by articulating text and image, directly engage our subjectivity, triggering a cascade of resonances and associations. An expansive and vibratory action in one, a concentrated and reflective gesture in the other, a balanced formal and tonal economy in both, bringing the materials to their fullest expressive and meaningful potential.

Imagen regresiva is a two-person solo exhibition, a temporal and spatial snapshot of a dynamic collaborative process that began some time ago and will continue beyond this exhibition. An opportunity, as the artists themselves note, to conceive the show as an image, a sort of photograph that freezes their processes and presents the works as final pieces—albeit only up to today.

Florencia Battiti

As part of the exhibition, the digital publication of Imagen Regresiva was presented. The publication features a series of texts on the exhibition by Gabriela Milone, Lucas Dipascuale, Adriana Lauria, and Fabián Lebenglik. Documentation of works by Lucas Bragagnini.

The presentation took place on Saturday, December 17 at 6 p.m. at CRUDO.

Credits:
Documentation of works: Lucas Bragagnini
Photographic documentation of the inauguration: Nuvia Elisio
Audiovisual documentation: Juan Follonier
Audiovisual editing: Yamila Brandolini

Supported by: CCD, Fundación Rozenblum, Grupo A2 Rosario, Office Amoblamientos, Cristalería San Carlos, Bocha Helados, Gin La Salvaje, and Pinturería Rosario Color.

CRUDO is part of Meridiano (Argentine Chamber of Contemporary Art Galleries), GIRO (Chamber of Art Galleries of Santa Fe Province), and Red Quincho (Network of Art Residencies in Argentina).

Production realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Santa Fe. Plan Fomento 2022 call.

Hernán Camoletto and Luis Rodríguez were supported by the creation grant awarded by the Fondo Nacional de las Artes.

Exhibition held in SALA I at CRUDO. Italia 1044, Rosario.