Regina Giménez

She draws an invisible line between the real world and her own secret, beautiful, imaginary world. Her work explores the limits of graphic delineations, which she identifies both in their formal, and informal aspects. Her aesthetic portrayals are empowered by the autonomy she confers to them, and they disclose a perfect mixture of simplicity and independence. Regina Gimenez was born in Spain in 1966, and she is an undisputed leading figure of the Spanish art world, with regular shows across Europe and the US. She uses a multiplicity of devices to inscribe her works, from carpets to flexible plastic, and from paper cloths to linen. They are the channels through which Gimenez enables transparent conversations, between the literal and the abstract, colour and the void, the part and the whole, to emerge. The sentimental longing of her earlier works, gradually gave way to a discrete, expressionist sense of tranquility. External building and edifices in her paintings, have become interiorised constructions, where the impermanence of time is more deeply felt. Her technique, which combines thick paint, with collage and mixed media, reflects the distinctive integration of delicacy and durability, immediately recognizable in her visionary series of paintings. Read Less