Espuma VI 2011

Requena Nozal’s ‘Espuma VI’ presents a compelling study of visual symbols, particularly the stark contrast between the celestial blues and the profound blacks. The spuma or foam, rendered in bursts of white, evokes the primal chaos from which forms emerge. This imagery has echoes in ancient cosmologies, where the world arises from a watery abyss. Recall Botticelli’s Venus, born from the sea foam, a motif that captures the life-giving essence of the ocean. The foam, an edge between water and air, has been a symbol of both purity and transience across many cultures. But in ‘Espuma VI’, the dark band looms below, a horizon of the unknown. The tension between light and dark plays on our subconscious, reflecting a deeper struggle between creation and the void. It's a cycle, ever recurring, as forms dissolve back into the abyss, only to be reborn again.