Cayón Madrid is pleased to present, in its two spaces, an exhibition that brings together a group of artists from different generations who, in varied but complementary ways, have proposed different approaches to the perception of a work of art.
In this perceptual fact of the artistic object, there is a double effect; on one hand, it is about knowing or having an idea of what one is witnessing, and on the other hand, and complementing this in a deeper way – less visceral – it is about obtaining the inner sensation of a material impression received, therefore, through the bodily sense of sight. It is this kind of inner impression of what is obtained through sight (and thus, what comes from the outside) that interests the artists presented in PERCEPTION./
A total of 13 pieces by four renowned artists are on display:
Philippe Decrauzat (1974), Fred Sandback (1943-2003), Dan Graham (1942-2022), Dan Flavin (1933-1996).
Most of the time, perceptions are tremendously subtle; the reflection in a Graham, the diffused light of a Flavin, the space modified by a simple thread of Sandback, or the moiré effect of a Decrauzat. As Jimena Canales notes in her text about Philippe Decrauzat in the recently published book on the artist:
“An art as subtle as Decrauzat’s is needed to direct our attention to the changes occurring in our sensory-motor environment that go unnoticed” (1).
(1) Jimena Canales, 2021, Art in the Age of CAPTCHA, in Philippe Decrauzat, Delay, Verlag der Buchhandlung, Cologne, 2021, p. 153.
Focus VI y VII, 2022. Philippe Decrauzat
Untitled, 1972. Dan Flavin
We could well add to this comment that, in reality, the impression that subtlety produces in us never goes unnoticed. What we perceive, although it might seem to pass us by, leaves its mark, the inner sensation, which transcends “an optical perception that requires ‘a perfect coincidence between the basic elements of painting (the color planes) and architecture (the wall)'” (2); it is, we insist, the inner impression of perception that concerns us in this exhibition.
(2) Lydie Delahaye, Ibid., p. 17
Dan Flavin
Untitled (To Rainer) 3, 2/5, 1987
Cold and soft white fluorescent light
228 cm.
DF018
Dan Graham
Model B, 1/3, 2018
Double-sided mirror glass, aluminum, MDF, and acrylic
92 x 125 x 125 cm.
DG006.1
Fred Sandback
Untitled (Sculptural Study, Vertical Triangle), 1988/2020
Red, yellow, and blue acrylic thread
FS063
Dan Graham
Model A, 1/3, 2018
Double-sided mirror glass, aluminum, MDF, and acrylic
92 x 125 x 100 cm.
DG004.1
Fred Sandback
Untitled (Sculptural study, two-part black corner construction), 1975/2008
Black acrylic thread
196,8 x 172,4 x 172,4 cm.
FS036
