Sin título (Políptico II) (Untitled [Polyptych II])

Cristina Iglesias belongs to a generation of artists that has transformed the concept of sculpture, installation and public art since the 1980s. Her practice is striking for its exploration of space and perception via the use of unconventional materials such as cement, alabaster, resin and iron. In her work on copper plates, she retrieves this material from obscurity, granting it prominence and exploring its capacity to reflect and transform the environment, and doing so by evoking its historical use for mirrors and its relevance to construction.   

In this work, Iglesias builds an imaginary city via a photomontage in which cardboard boxes with silk-screen printed letters are transformed on the walls of an ambiguous world. The outcome is a succession of passages and empty rooms, where light and reflections give rise to a shifting visual experience. Viewers encounter a vague reflection of the space they inhabit, its meaning varying according to their movement or the changing light in their surroundings. Thus, the artist prompts a questioning of the limits between representation, architecture and materiality.