Museo Casa Siglo XIX, Chihuahua, Chih.

Paulo Medina expone “Corpus et ánima”

Flor María Vargas / EL DIARIO

Starting Tuesday, November 3rd, the painting exhibition "Corpus et ánima" by Delicias artist Paulo Medina will be on display at the Casa Siglo XIX.

It is a series of 10 paintings and 15 digital prints that revolve around a single idea: the relationship between body and soul, and an essential question: Who dominates whom in this binomial? The body? The soul?

Body and soul have been, since ancient times, two entities that are inextricably linked. Now, Paulo Medina reflects, discusses, and exposes through his work not only his point of view, but also a changing spiritual state in the search for balance between the two.

The work itself reveals a notable change in the artist's iconography and artistic conception: while previously he focused on intense blues, yellows, and reds, in this work, black predominates, with its variations in grays and white. Only in a couple of the paintings do we see other colors: gray-green and luminous yellow.

Black is the body, says Paulo Medina, white is the soul. Black covers white, even though white sometimes seeks a way out of its prison.

The soul appears as a constant leitmotif in the paintings, usually at the center, like a votive flame, a kind of eye or magmatic center that contracts or expands, sometimes barely a sliver of light, at other times a storm surge, a torn fiber or seed that sprouts.

Paulo Medina, who has distinguished himself with his artistic production in the realm of abstraction, quickly gaining national prestige, now ventures into the creation of a monothematic series, which in a way reflects his existential and philosophical concerns.

"We must accept ourselves in our body to find balance with the soul," explains Paulo Medina, quoting Anselm Grün: "That is why we must first cross the abysses of our soul, we must pass through the deserts and steppes of our interior, to later be able to connect with the divine mountain with our true being."

"Corpus et anima" will be on display for 15 days.