Patricia Olguín: Bringing Contrasting Textures Together

Patricia Olguín's models consolidate metal, sap, rock and wood into pieces that play surfaces off of each other to a solid impact. Of her materials, wood was the principal that truly enlivened her. "From the earliest starting point," Olguín says, "I was amazingly intrigued by wood. It lures me with its notices, its hues, the nature of its surfaces." That erotic embodiment is obvious in the majority of Olguín's works. Making exquisite bends and shapes, she gives the wood components in her pieces a smooth, sparkling surface while regarding its inalienable grain and abnormalities. Along these lines, her models provocatively conquer any hindrance between the normal and refined.

That vitality is increased by alternate materials Olguín brings into her work. Metallic surfaces appear differently in relation to the characteristic brilliance of the wood, while the splendidly hued pitches she joins include another level of visual contradiction. Moreover, there is a level of liveliness that makes those blends all the additionally captivating. Olguin says she will likely "modify individuals' environments," and the blend of materials and methodologies she utilizes enables her to effortlessly understand that objective.

Patricia Olguin was the beneficiary of the Art Berliner Prize 2016 and presently fills in as a short course teacher inSculpture at the West Dean College, England.