Through numerous accumulated pictorial actions over time, we arrive at glass. In this process, memory takes center stage, and resistance becomes a necessary catalyst for the exploration of new forms of expression, such as the agglutinated grinding of glass. This material, originally transparent and colorless, is obtained through recycling glassworker’s waste in various sizes and thicknesses. These glass fragments undergo a pulverization process using a blender, completely eroding the material and finishing with a hammer. The result is the transformation of this glass into an opaque pigment incorporated as a pictorial component in these works.
In this process, the rhetoric of resistance is evident as it challenges the inherent fragility of glass, despite its capacity to cut during handling. The duality between this capacity and its vulnerability reflects an ongoing struggle to overcome the material’s limitations.
If we consider the audience, these works could be perceived as a kind of threat due to their material composition or even induce a sense of vertigo, as these paintings are displayed in a vertical position, suspended and detached from the wall. This choice challenges conventional expectations of how a painting is exhibited and raises questions about the relationship between the viewer and the artwork, prompting reflection on the ephemeral and challenging nature of art itself.
“Before Monica Peric’s works, the lessons learned at home and beyond come into play. In both cases, it is the pictorial space that is avoided, and the problematization of space is in a state of productive crisis; its deconstruction, if possible, constructs the fractured stain in a single stroke of friction.”
— José de Nordenflycht Concha (from the text for the exhibition “La Mancha Quebrada,” 2002)