ALEJANDRA PADILLA - Collages & Drawings

The series presented here, Papiros, originated in 2000 and has continued to evolve as seen in the most recent versions. Each collage is unique and handmade of original materials. I paint with paper with remarkable passion. The works are made with thousands of small tubes of rolled paper, glued together along perfect lines, keeping a repetitive rhythm with a notable array of shapes and colors, a sort of revival of optical art, in which the effects become sensations. These collages indicate a pursuit of the greatest visual seduction with a minimal amount of resources.

‘At all times, the discreet sheen of satin paper, the perfection in printing quality and, above all, the careful distribution of the thin tubes appeal to us to the point of making us forget that something is hiding in the seductive surface of their foldings; there is also an inside, a knowledge to decipher in the progressive sense of all knowledge.’ ELENA OLIVERAS