David Magán (1979) lives and works between Guadalajara and Madrid. His work is trespasses field of sculpture and installation and it emerges from the interaction between translucent coloured surfaces and different spatial dimensions, in an exploration of the perceptual field and the limits of tangibility and materiality. The artist places his pieces in different spaces, in relation to architecture, and dedicates his artistic practice mostly to light and its effects. As he explains, “light changes our perception of space, shape and texture, while enhancing inherent aesthetic features”. It “influences how we feel and how we react to space on a conscious and subconscious level”.
Magán proposes “a myriad of perceptions”, and to represent light and transparency, he uses different processes, forms, and materiality. It focuses on the act of observing and challenges perception beyond the surface of the object. As such, his work is somehow reminiscent of op art, which approached the perceptual domain with colours, shapes, volumes, and geometries, elements that are also constitutive of the artist's work.
He has been exhibited internationally in prestigious centres such as CAB (Burgos, Spain, 2020), CentroCentro (Madrid, 2021), XIII Biennial of Havana (Cuba, 2019), Hempel Glasmuseum (Denmark, 2015), Otazu Foundation (Navarra, Spain, 2018), and the Seongnam Arts Centre (South Korea, 2013).
His works can be found in several museums and private collections, including Museum Ritter (Germany), MAC (Spain), CEART (Spain), MAVA (Spain), FCNV (Spain), Murano Glass Museum (Italy), NH Collection of Contemporary Art (Spain), or the Kablanc Otazu Art Foundation (Spain).
