De Profundis: Clara Imbert
An ascent into the depths, such could be the mantra of Clara Imbert's exhibition De Profundis, resonating and questioning the world buried
beneath the horizon we tread. Between totemic artefacts and objects of curiosity, Clara Imbert's works investigate a physical and esoteric vocabulary shaped by metals and stones through which dialogue the symbolic shapes of what the artist calls "the counter-world". This enigmatic territory from the earthly matrix to the mysteries of our own interiority, evokes ancestral Egyptian conceptions which saw this "counter-world" as an inverted mirror of ours, where the sun joined the realm of the god Thoth at nightfall.
These ancient beliefs have left a legacy of symbolic forms that continue immutably to explore concepts deeply rooted in the fundamental nature of existence. The notion of symbol proves essential in understanding Clara Imbert's work: it is the point of convergence between transcendental ideals and empirical reality, from the magical to the mathematical, where vertical lines, circles, and triangles escape from methodical drawings to become embodied in the solids and voids of matter.
In the space of Hors-Cadre gallery, play of shadows and lights envelop the artist's pieces in a subtle and sensory atmosphere, conducive to experiencing the encounter of enigmatic powers and energies. De Profundis aspires to question the nature of humanity in its relationship with what is profoundly unknown to it.
