"Chiromorphose" 2010
Nico Baixas / Gos-com-fuig
(Photographies by Mara Sanchez-Renero)This work explores the sculptural capacities of the hands. Stripping them from their symbolism or the functions for which they are normally used, I explored them like someone examining a foreign body, searching for their limits and pushing them in different directions. To do this, I used opposed sculptural concepts like straight-curved, and simple-complex; searched for the interconnection between fingers, and the balance between distances, and tried to generate geometric shapes and textures. At times, I would find shapes that were like doors opening onto a myriad of new possibilities. Throughout the process, I discovered a world of fingers that transformed reality taking it to another level.
It is an abstract development, I didn't try to make the forms resemble known things. Despite this, the results are very suggestive, sometimes they look like architectural constructions or industrial designs, shells, corals, branches, flowers, masks... This effect is produced because many of these real objects are made with the same proportions or mathematical patterns inherent in nature. This is a question that interested me a lot. The fact that the distance of the finger bones coincides with the Fibonacci numbers, related to the golden ratio, which the Greeks and Renaissance considered the ideal of beauty, gives these shapes a special balance and perhaps a divine dimension.
Untitled XIII and Untitled XVI Diptych. Framed
Untitled XVI, (nc-15-S4-0011) and Untitled XI (nc-15-S4-0011), 2010
From the series Chiromorphose
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle fine art paper
Overall size:
Image size: 39.3 H x 78.6 W in
Frame size: 50 H x 99.8 W inIndividual size:
Image size: 39.3 H x 39.3 W in
Frame size: 50 H x 49.9 W in
Edition of 5 + 1AP
Black wood frame plexiglass
Nico Baixas, also known as Gos-com-fuig, is a creative interdisciplinary artist from Spain, whose work focuses solely on the hands. Born into a family of puppeteers, Nico started performing at a very young age with his parent's company, La Claca, which collaborated with the famous painter Joan Miró. As a result, Nico spent most of his childhood in art museums. Inspired by the works of Calder, Giacometti, Mondrian, Lewitt, and others, decides to pursue an artistic career studying music and working in cinema, before finding his path as a performer in the European avant-garde theater scene. In 2014 I joined Cirque du Soleil for the creation of KURIOS which became one of the company's most acclaimed shows, performing in New York, Tokyo, Paris, London, and Rome, among other cities. GENERACIONES'07 awarded his latest project a grant, and it was presented at the ARCO Art Fair in Madrid.
