Secundino Hernández: Problematic Corners

Produced for the exhibition Secundino Hernández: Problematic Corners at Victoria Miro, this publication features new writing by David Morán Álvarez and Max Andrews and is richly illustrated with images of the works on view, as well as photography taken during their creation in the artist’s Madrid studio and installation views of the exhibition.

‘The world of Secundino Hernández is the result of a sophisticated generative architecture. “To balance out the composition, the corners had been accumulating a growing number of elements. They had become disproportionately important,” the artist explains. And thus, the oval emerged as a solution – a shape that offers no corners to hide behind.’ – David Morán Álvarez

‘As we note how the oddments of salvaged materials represent various provenances and construction methods, how discarded garment fragments exhibit inconsistent qualities of elasticity, grain run, and colour penetration, as well as how a multitude of textures arise from differences in the finishing of the constituent fabrics, should we ask: do these rags not represent everything that passes? The excesses of consumer society?’ – Max Andrews