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“Acero inolvidable” - Solo exhibition of artist Deonrubi in Calvaresi contemporáneo Gallery.
Production assistant and coordinator for artist Lucila García De Onrubia
For this project, we developed heart-shaped extruded aluminum tubes and bars in collaboration with an aluminum profile manufacturer. We created two custom dies to extrude the material that serves as the foundation for a series of functional objects, including benches, shelves, and lamps. The result is a unique material that is unique in the market.
These tubes and bars are heart-shaped, embedding an iconic symbol directly into the material. The objects created from them are, quite literally, made with love. This work represents an intersection between industrial production and artistic intention, balancing standardized manufacturing with conceptual depth.
Regarding the concept of the exhibition : “Acero inolvidable” is a love quest to aim cupid's arrow on a love worthwhile.
Lucila Garcia de Onrubia decided to train in archery for six months—she needed to understand how Cupid holds his bow and arrow when he casts his love spells.
Her curious artifacts for enchanting her target—alluring traps that here take the form of seats, lamps, sculptures—are metallic and shiny, attributes that have become synonymous with the artist herself. Some are actually so mirror- like that they appear to be invisible. Light and sharp as an arrow, they exhibit a precise logic of strength, weight, and meaning in their structures. They aim to conquer without losing their balance. How daring, some may say, to approach the concept of love—a sappy theme by definition—with chromatic austerity, a hint of mechanical rigor, and a lack of material paroxysm. There is desire, a lot of desire. There also is untamable ambition. However, perhaps for that very reason, there are hardly any signs of fragility.