TEXTURE MINE





Texture Mine is articulated through mobile and ephemeral paintings, later dismantled, in which matter is configured as a system of experimentation in continuous transformation.


Carmen Carbonell uses salts, crystals, and filtration materials linked to seawater desalination processes—such as sand or anthracite—to generate surfaces subjected to dynamics of accumulation, absorption, and material change.


Macro photography acts as an observational device, isolating fragments of these paintings and revealing structures that, when enlarged, acquire a geological dimension.


The resulting images evoke mineral formations and chromaticities characteristic of gems and geological strata, without resorting to direct representation.


Texture Mine is articulated through mobile and ephemeral paintings, later dismantled, in which matter is configured as a system of experimentation in continuous transformation.


Carmen Carbonell uses salts, crystals, and filtration materials linked to seawater desalination processes—such as sand or anthracite—to generate surfaces subjected to dynamics of accumulation, absorption, and material change.


Macro photography acts as an observational device, isolating fragments of these paintings and revealing structures that, when enlarged, acquire a geological dimension.


The resulting images evoke mineral formations and chromaticities characteristic of gems and geological strata, without resorting to direct representation.


MINIUM

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

ANTHRACITE

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

QUARTZ

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

CARNELIAN

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

GRANAT

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

ESMERALD

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

GALENA

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

TURQUOISE-BLUE

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

TOURMALINE

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

AZURITE

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

CINNABAR

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018

LAPIS LAZULI

Macro photograph of painting

Pigment print on Fine Art paper

Dimensions variable

Edition varies according to format

2018