Iconografía frágil (Fragile Iconography)

“In ‘Iconografía frágil (Fragile Iconography)’, Miguel Betancourt proposes a return to the essential and organic. This key piece from the Palingenesia series abandons canvas to settle on the solidity of wood, using earth as pigment and symbol of origin.

The work is a dialogue between the resistance of the support and the delicacy of the symbols that inhabit it. Through an austere palette loaded with meaning, the artist constructs a visual grammar where the ancient and the contemporary converge. The rough texture of earth mixed with oil creates a living surface that invites tactile contemplation, reminding us of the vulnerability and strength of our own cultural roots. It is, in essence, a modern palimpsest that celebrates the rebirth of forms from pure matter.”