Abstract, contemporary, structural and symbolic. The visual language is built through color fields, divided territories, monolithic forms, horizons, incisions, ladders, suspended elements and spatial relationships. Emphasis should remain on composition, surface, material presence, depth, silence and visual order.
territory · structure · surface · silence · threshold · horizon · matter · distance · presence · construction · erosion · depth · visual order · spatial tension
Maurizio Valch
Maurizio Valch is a visual artist and writer whose work develops through abstract territories, constructed landscapes and materially worked surfaces. His paintings often combine fields of color, incisions, structural divisions, monolithic forms, ladders, horizons and suspended elements. The work is built through visible matter, spatial tension and a restrained sense of silence.
Maurizio Valch is a visual artist and writer whose work develops through abstract territories, constructed landscapes and materially worked surfaces. His paintings often combine fields of color, incisions, structural divisions, monolithic forms, ladders, horizons and suspended elements. The work is built through visible matter, spatial tension and a restrained sense of silence.
Artist statement
Statement Excerpt
My work is built from visible structure, surface, color and spatial tension. Descriptions should begin with what can be seen in each artwork before moving toward atmosphere or interpretation. Use clear, sober and precise language. Avoid over-explaining the work psychologically. Interpretation should remain restrained and only appear when it is supported by visible elements.
Full StatementArtistic Process & Language
Primarily acrylic on canvas. The process combines layers of color, palette knife work, brushwork, veils, scraping, reduction and visible surface construction. The painting is built as a territory: adding matter, organizing planes, removing visual noise and allowing the essential structure to emerge.
Territory, silence, monoliths, horizons, tectonic lines, incisions, subtle stairs, divided fields, suspended forms, red structures, thresholds, distance, presence and the relationship between figure, space and surface. Use these motifs only when they are visibly present in the artwork.
Silent, sober, restrained, contemplative and slightly melancholic. The atmosphere should be read from visible color, structure, surface and space. Avoid turning every artwork into a psychological or mystical reading unless the image clearly supports it.