Jose Dávila
In conversation with Alison Moss
In his rocky totems or sturdy industrial structures with their shaky connections, the eye is naturally drawn to the negative spaces carved out by the materials, leading to mental pictures of falling and collapse. Yet something here moves beyond this dialectical opposition of forces, something the artist describes as an “expansion of the range of possibilities."
— Alison Moss, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Le Quotidien de l'Art
On the occasion of Jose Dávila's solo exhibition 'Half Empty, Half Full', Almine Rech Paris organized a talk between the Artist and Alison Moss, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Le Quotidien de l'Art.
Jose Dávila's work aims to materialize physical phenomena such as gravity, resistance, and equilibrium. These relationships and their effects are reflected in the behavior of the materials he uses and in how his works achieve a symbolic and physical balance thanks to the reciprocity and the dialogue between forces, which manifest through precarious balance and moments of containment.
