Nelson Felix: Love Letter

Composition is a subject dear to the artist Nelson Felix, one of the most relevant names on the contemporary art scene. The theme emerged in his reflections in the mid-1980s, when critical, uncomfortable eyes hovered over the issue of composition in art. The thought expanded beyond the material composition, going through time and space, and began to take shape with the work Grafite (1985-1988), a sculpture that, according to the artist, "enabled the construction of works with diverse spaces". Love Letter, his new solo show at Galeria Millan, mirrors part of this and adds to Felix's research about cosmographies.

"Carta de Amor is a work that mirrors Grafite (1985 - 1988). Clusters of locations, as well as the arias, musical blocks that add up in the operas," says Nelson Felix. "In Grafite, two rods are positioned with different procedures: one aligned to the axis of the sun at the moment the work is installed. This position alludes to a 'perfect' placement, as it is the reference in the solar system and around which everything revolves and gravitates - so precise that everything else can be considered crooked. Since the arrangement of the piece is defined a priori, even prior to the choice of the exhibition space, it ignores the possibility of composition with it. The other piece, on purpose, has its position chosen by me", he complements.