Ainara Torrano – The beauty in between

"When I look at her works, a very peculiar calm sets in. I permanently have the pleasant feeling of seeing scenes that are far away and familiar to me, very similar to déjà vu". Ainara Torrano consciously chooses her subject matter, transforms photography and what she sees into her artistic language and invites the viewer to engage with it. Anyone who avoids this will probably never fully fathom her works - the pleasure of painting is nevertheless certain for all of us. This is preceded by many questions during the painting process: composition, colourfulness, symbols. What does it take to give the painting its typical atmosphere? Again and again, the Spaniard's feeling for fine nuances of colour and details stands out.

Ainara Torrano seems to offer us help for an interpretation in the form of symbols, only to withdraw them from us at the same time. For our personal associations and experiential values tempt us to see connections and draw conclusions, perhaps to judge hastily. The artist plays with our thoughts and associations - and leaves us alone with them.

autor: Maren Marzigler 2022 (curator and art historian / Dresden)