Playing Fields

Playing Fields are landscapes where the artist Març Rabal plays creating minimal architectural constructions close to abstraction. This game is also in the sporting sense of creation: the job of art is training, exercise and exhibition.

In the Playing Fields series, Març Rabal uses the imagery of the fronton to create a visual poetics where the sporting act acquires a metaphorical sense. In these works, the representation of the playing field takes on drama and theatricality, due to the absence of the human figure. The artist makes collage from painting and drawing, using old recovered papers. She chooses the shapes to create a trompe-l’oeil and give the sensation of the third dimension. These works are minimal architectural constructions that simplify the figurative object and approach its abstract essence. The collages are worked in parts, like a puzzle. The volumes appear by combining papers of different shades, also generating empty spaces, like small abysses in the middle of the playing field. Rabal brings into play the risk involved in the very act of playing and thus brings and takes the playing field to another terrain.

Collage and acrylic painting on canvas mounted on wood. Variable dimensions.