The genesis of Moonlight lies in an everyday, domestic, seemingly mundane reality which Candelaria, with a unique ability, manages to transform. It is about finding a precise moment, a very specific shade of light and a coming together of certain objects that, properly lit and placed, will take a life of their own. We could very well be looking at the epiphany mentioned by Arthur Danto, common places becoming art. The artist’s eye and hand perform that artistic act which makes poetry out of a chair, out of a climbing plant, out of a wall…

All of a sudden everyday places are not banal anymore, small turns to big, dullness transcends its own boundaries and we’re overwhelmed by all of that which is common. Magic bursts onto the scene. But let’s not be so gullible; what’s printed on paper is the result of a conceptual, controlled process and of a number of strategies and actions executed to build an imaginary landscape. And it is right there –in the space between– that we bump into the artist’s own mantra: Put emotion aside to evaluate and measure; to be able to see, scrutinize. The first move is a gut feeling, but then, the transforming act is controlled and teleological.

The result is another version of real. The result is art.                                          

Antonia de la Torre, 2017