Polysemy
The structure influences the meaning of the artwork.
Painting & Metal
A fusion between sculpture and painting.
Visual Exploration
Organic and geometric forms.
Creative Exploration
Colors, gestures and structures in motion.
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Artistic Polysemy
In his creative journey, Rafael Patarroyo discovers in the metal rod a singular means of expression. Shaped like a sculptural line, it allows him to move beyond the traditional pictorial frame and introduce organic forms that enrich the reading of the work. The rod becomes a living line: bending, twisting and transforming according to the impulses of imagination, opening a space where painting breathes differently.
The support then becomes a constitutive element of the piece. It structures space, enters into dialogue with the canvas and engages the viewer’s gaze. This transition from plane to volume opens a field of multiple interpretations, defining the polysemic dimension of his work. The viewer is no longer facing a surface, but a form that questions them, invites them to look twice and reconsider what they believe they see.
The relationship between structure and canvas becomes a true system for generating meaning. The support, far from neutral, influences composition, material tension and perception. This interaction produces polysemic works where form acts as a vector of simultaneous interpretations, creating a visual language unique to the artist.
This approach forms the foundation of the new “ism” developed by Rafael Patarroyo: Artistic Polysemy, an experimental practice that articulates structure, surface and meaning. Through his exhibitions, he presents this ongoing research where matter, form and intuition meet to reveal a singular pictorial universe.
Artwork of the Month
Structure in Dialogue
This piece illustrates how the metal structure defines the pictorial field. The canvas, stretched over a non‑conventional form, opens a reading where the pictorial gesture adapts to the tension of the metal. The passage from plane to volume creates a physical presence that invites the viewer to move around the work and discover its multiple facets.
It embodies one of the major axes of Artistic Polysemy: form as a generator of meaning.
Dimensions: 1.90 m x 0.95 m – Technique: oil on canvas and metal structure. Illusion is not an escape, but a crossing. It challenges the contours of reality, opens invisible thresholds and reveals, beyond limits, what reality does not say.