INTUS. Gonzalo Guzmán

For years, Gonzalo Guzmán has developed a working process based on the transformation of two sheets of steel welded together. Subjected to water pressure, they expand until they acquire a volume that has not been modelled in advance. Although the artist determines the initial conditions, the form emerges through forces that he cannot fully control. The metal surface retains the tensions generated during this process, becoming a record of what has taken place within it.

INTUS, a Latin adverb meaning “within,” “on the inside,” or “inward,” indicates the movement that structures the exhibition. Attention shifts towards the space defined by these surfaces, previously inaccessible to view. The sculptures from the INTUS series, made of plaster and marble, materialise fragments of the cave’s negative space. By isolating these volumes and presenting them as autonomous bodies, the artist makes visible a form that had previously existed as a cavity. The void acquires material presence while retaining traces of contact with what once enclosed it.