JOSE DÁVILA
PRIMITIVE IRRUPTION

MOLL VELL, PALMA, SPAIN
18 SEPTEMBER 2021 – 8 JANUARY 2022

Jose Dávila presents ‘Primitive Irruption’ in the Moll Vell district of Palma, in
collaboration with Autoridad Portuaria. The sculpture – consisting of steel beams
stacked with a boulder – is shaped by a seemingly delicate equilibrium that embodies gravity, resistance, and the latent energy at play in space and time. The steadiness of the beams contrasts with the irregular shape of the rock, their
industrial aspect with its unaltered character. The boulder appears to destabilize the beam resting on top of it and imperil the balance of the whole, holding the momentum for the viewer to gain awareness of the forces at play. Perfect knowledge of the materials allows Dávila – who trained as an architect – to challenge the laws of physics, overwhelming the gaze and inviting to contemplation.
Commissioned by Kewenig Galerie in collaboration with Autoridad Portuaria.
PRIMITIVE IRRUPTION, 2021
Metal beams and boulder
168 x 573 x 59 cm

© Courtesy of the artist and Kewenig Galerie
© Images Bruno Daureo

FEATURED ARTIST

JOSE DÁVILA
Jose Dávila (b. 1974 in Guadalajara, Mexico) studied architecture at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente in Guadalajara, Mexico, however, he considers himself a self-taught artist, with an intuitive formation.

Jose Dávila’s work is a constant search for moments of shared reciprocity between contradictory elements. By means of a structural intuition, Dávila produces constructive situations in which tension and stillness, geometric order and random chaos, fragility and resistance, are fluctuating commonplaces for materials in continuous transformation.

Based on the specificity of the materials that he ...
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