Study of Planar Capacity and Allegoric Possibility at Wall House #2

 Javier Marchán 2006

 The Onion Book

© Javier Marchán 2006

figure 07 of 12, Silk Screen UV, 70cm x50cm, artpaper 400gr, exclusive edition of 30, signed

Published by the Wall House Foundation

The Carpet

© Javier Marchán 2006

figure 05 of 12, Silk Screen UV, 70cm x50cm, artpaper 400gr, exclusive edition of 30, signed

Published by the Wall House Foundation

Twirl of Fan (Lotus)

© Javier Marchán 2006

figure 10 of 12, Silk Screen UV, 70cm x50cm, artpaper 400gr, exclusive edition of 30, signed

Published by the Wall House Foundation

The silk screen collection 12 & the Secret Walkway was born out of an invitation issued in 2005 by the Wall House Foundation, to the research of the Poetics of (Designed) Space and the architectural work of John Q. Hejduk (1929-2000).

Product of the findings was a captivating corporality between two and three dimensionality, occurring at the Wall House #2 concepts. These spatial concepts are at the junction of organic and linear geometry, and they cultivate a structural symbolic order unique to now.

Of this symbolic order of Hejduk, it is worth noticing a genetic character that much influenced the making of 12 & the Secret Walkway, as if the symbol not only is the recall of an idea, but also is the possible growing corpus for the expansion of that idea.

12 & the Secret Walkway is formed by twelve compositional plates with the artistic allowance of a further design of intangible kind. This imaginary allegory, the Secret Walkway, manifests itself creatively and intimately to each viewer. The artistic methodology was done in order to get a vibrant sense of Hejduk’s symbolism and poetic perception.

This work of art was commissioned by the Foundation Wall House and printed in Groningen throughout December 2005 and January 2006. The silk-screen printing process of UV cured paint system was faithfully directed by Melle Zuurman following the special indication of Rudo Menge and the artist.

Javier Marchán, Austria 2006