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The raw materials of Maria Laet\u2019s drawings are interval and air. The<\/p>\n
displacement of ink is generated by the breeze produced as a consequence<\/p>\n
of body movement or breath. There is a considerable distance between<\/p>\n
gesture and paper in the two series on exhibition. The distance of the<\/p>\n
artist\u2019s body from the support considerably reduces her control over results.<\/p>\n
The origin of expressiveness in these drawings lies in chance and<\/p>\n
indeterminacy of process.<\/p>\n
A physical effort is required for the drawing of each line. In one of the<\/p>\n
series, a helium balloon keeps aloft tinted cotton that flies according to the<\/p>\n
direction of the breeze. Hence the difficulty of a precise correspondence<\/p>\n
between the body\u2019s movement and the line. There is a discontinuity<\/p>\n
between gesture and drawing.<\/p>\n
The other series makes use of China ink and a stack of paper. The ink is<\/p>\n
blown in opposite directions, as in some sort of silent dialogue. The China<\/p>\n
ink soaks through layers of paper until it has been totally absorbed. The<\/p>\n
balloon tends to an ascending movement, whereas in this series the force of<\/p>\n
gravity inverts the direction. Displayed in horizontal sequences, the<\/p>\n
drawings present traces of breath and its process of disappearance. What<\/p>\n
was once a three-dimensional stack of paper exhibits an emphasis on<\/p>\n
planarity. The seeping of the ink through the support and the relationship<\/p>\n
between each one of the drawings are mentally refashioned by the public. It<\/p>\n
all happens as if we were looking at individual frames separately rather<\/p>\n
than watching one second of film.<\/p>\n
These works call our attention to the hiatus between each one of the<\/p>\n
drawings and the empty space between the body\u2019s gesture and the marks<\/p>\n
upon the paper. What is this interval? Rather than the distanced mode<\/p>\n
according to which the contemporary subject relates to objects, it is man\u2019s<\/p>\n
very connection with the world that presupposes voids pregnant with<\/p>\n
meanings.<\/p>\n
[Translated from the Portuguese by Stephen Berg]<\/p>\n
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