I took a piece of wood and turned it into a shape with my hands. ‘I was interested in the relationship with the objects and how energy is transformed. The outcome echoes the closeness of the original, introducing a two-dimensional rendition created with honesty and precision. The collective work is materialized as a translation of the artist’s biomorphic figures into textile art brought to life by the luxury rug makers.

Orlaineta connected with the passion of the American historian talking about the affinity between nature and technology, spirituality and science, and saw himself molding his own analogies between these intangible worlds.Īll images by into a two-dimensional expression The artist came up with the idea of the two figures, drawing inspiration from a chapter of the book ‘The Education of Henry Adams’, an autobiography published in 1900. His oeuvres explore our connection with the objects, how we are related to them, and the meaning and value we decide to give. Orlaineta’s work experiments with shapes, driven by his intuition, letting his hands improvise. The result sees two limited edition pieces that translate the artist’s sculptures- two curvaceous figures that represent a male and a female body in an abstract form - into meticulously crafted gobelin-style tapestries. Odabashian’s fondness for traditional techniques and fine aesthetics weaves seamlessly with Orlaineta’s passion for hybrid sculptural forms that draw from modernism, pop culture, and historical references. ‘The Dynamo’ and ‘The Venus’ by Edgar Orlaineta is a pair of tapestries produced in collaboration with the luxury rug manufacturers Odabashianfor the ongoing exhibition at Centro Cultural La Tallera, in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The Dynamo & The Venus by Edgar Orlaineta x Odabashian

Gobelin scheme