This artwork features a striking black-and-white design, showcasing an abstract composition with prominent symbols and text. The central element is a heart-shaped motif surrounded by various images, including a butterfly, flowers, and a face within clouds. The overall style has a bold, graphic quality, reminiscent of traditional printmaking techniques. The artwork seems to convey a sense of spirituality or personal expression, with the text "La lucha sigue u signe" ("The struggle continues and the sign") suggesting a message of resilience and perseverance. This piece likely reflects the artist's personal or cultural experiences, though the specific context and intention behind its creation remain open to interpretation. ...
Salvador De La Torre focuses on unraveling the intricate relationship between architecture, memory, and socio-political narratives. Through sculpture, installation, and spatial interventions, he explores how built environments encode histories of power, displacement, and cultural identity. His work often incorporates architectural fragments and industrial materials to evoke traces of urban transformation and social conflict. De La Torre engages with themes of collective memory and erasure, focusing on how public and private spaces reflect broader systems of control and resistance. His installations invite viewers to navigate fractured spaces that suggest both absence and presence, prompting reflection on the impact of historical trauma on contemporary urban life. Blending minimalism with political critique, De La Torre’s approach challenges conventional understandings of space by revealing its layered meanings and contradictions. His work probes the intersections between architecture and human experience, exposing the tensions embedded in physical structures. By creating immersive environments that merge form and concept, he encourages audiences to reconsider the socio-cultural forces shaping their surroundings and the narratives they carry. ...
