A NATURE, A SPACE FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR

Ciuco Gutiérrez, in a somewhat surreal and Magrittean way of overlapping images without apparent connection, creates true scenarios of a magical dialogue and interrelation between the interior space of dreams and reverie and the exterior space of urban wandering or a complicit nature, capable of associating its beauty and splendor with moments of true ecstasy and contemplation of the infinite.

In these scenarios of splendid and immersive seduction, the lamp or the lampshade represents a "lighting" of symbolic meaning that is associated with the awakening of the senses and consciousness in an alienated society, oblivious to the deep and ancestral bond with nature.

According to Liaño and in line with a modern aesthetic, photography is conceived not to reproduce reality, but to produce images of the interior reality of its authors, which "use" the landscape to externalize an idea of that same landscape. While for Ciuco Gutiérrez, who takes a more poetic stance, there is a metaphorical connection between "lamp, light, illuminate, landscape, and earth," Liaño, on the other hand, claims a militant position denouncing attacks on the environment and fighting for its defense.

However, both are committed to a relationship in the realm of art and photography, between the inner world and the outer world, which becomes their expression, after being "shaped" by the unique perspective of these two exceptional photographers. (From the Press Release of the exhibition Ciuco & Liaño - Interior/Exterior, CPS, Nov-Dec 2011)