Softshell Turtle. Mikel Adán Tolosa

Softshell Turtle: a hard material to the eye, like one of those Roman breastplates depicting defined abdominal muscles. One of those that cover the chest and back. A hard material, in a turtle formation, a threatening block. The artist approaches and begins to sense what material it is, but he is not entirely sure. He decides to proceed with a chest examination and, surprisingly, when he rests his hands against the sculpture, they sink slightly into it, and he can feel the ribs and several organs: an internal cardboard structure can be guessed under the thick skin of fast-expanding polyurethane. This sculptural proposal aims to consider the relationships established between materials, between hard and soft bodies, cold and warm bodies, organic and non-organic bodies, and rigid and flexible forms.