Honos Art is pleased to present “Pendiente de un hilo”, the first solo exhibition in Italy by Cantabrian artist and performer Nacho Zubelzu.

“Pendiente de un hilo”, meaning “Hanging by a thread”, is the 13th exhibition hosted by the Italian-Spanish art gallery Honos Art. The main theme of the exhibition is nature, or rather the representation of its memory that nestles in our subconscious. Nature, as remembered or recalled in malleable images.

Themes such as snow, the transhumance of herds and beloved mountains are told in an innovative way which surpasses regular painting by utilising unusual materials such as paper, laminated leather, thread, faux leather, wool, gold leaf and radiographic film on the canvas. Thanks to these materials and through skillful manipulation, the artist recreates incredibly powerful images of untouched wilderness. He re-enacts mountain ranges as seen from satellites, which appear as mazes on the land that root themselves in the subconscious and human emotion. The artist’s desire to utilise creative processes that involve hand-crafted expertise and anthropological notions translates into a series of repeated images, secret obsessions that become point of reference during the nomadic flow of the journey.

In today’s world, the fluid expression of the Spanish artist is at once condemnation and suggestion. It is the memory of an instant, the emotion of a moment, invoking a sense of wonder from its creation. His thinking parallels Andy Goldsworthy’s conception of art as an extremely valuable tool in understanding nature.

Nacho Zubelzu loves crystallising the moment as a tangible sign of eternity.