Alejandro Jiménez-Flores
In my painting practice, I use images of flowers sent to me by
friends. In a double entendre of multiple folds, these images
reflect how my friends think of me. Through the images, I mediate
the subjectivities of flowers as well as my own. The weight of
each image is unfolded in several compositions, fading away each
time it is transferred, becoming less visible and less subjectified,
becoming ground, becoming a gestural trace of sensations and
elusive temporalities. Tracing their outlines and negative spaces
to form propositions for a language that is not here yet, making
room to form a preferred language that breaks away from the
delimitations of their preconceived subjectivities.