1212/21 – Aythamy Armas

A short interview video featuring artist Aythamy Armas in his Barcelona studio, drawing with charcoal on a blank canvas. His rug design, 1212/21 – Aythamy Armas, is shown in a calm, minimal setting, visually echoing the charcoal marks on canvas. Transcript from the interview: “The sounds when I'm painting is always there, it's present. At the end, the painting is like a guitar or a piano or something similar. In that sense, the moving of the body is guiding the project on the canvas. Five or six years ago, when I started to work in this kind of abstraction, I decided to use the fabric and charcoal as my essential tools. When we started to talk about the project, one of the most important issues was to think on how to translate the painting into the rug. I understand the painting as a landscape. It's built with different layers, like the atmospheric purpose tip. Using different techniques, you can give to the painting this feeling of depth. Step by step, I started to add different techniques. When you work in black, you can use many different materials and techniques, and it's always black.”