Porcelain Gallery

The visual discipline of beauty, in a matter of perception and symmetry.

The concept of beauty has been changing throughout history. From the first hedonistic artistic representations until today, the ideological perspectives of the various transitional eras have also affected artists, designers and creators.

In ancient times, different positions were raised regarding beauty. For Sophists, beauty was everything that produced pleasure and that we can see and hear. Socrates argued that beauty was rather spiritual and that art not only represented the body and the senses, but also the character of the soul through feelings and emotions. Plato held two types of beauty: the popular and the heavenly. One was man's perception of reality, imperfect, and the other was divine, the beauty that man could never attain. His disciple, Aristotle, however, understood beauty in terms of perfection and symmetry.

In Porcelain Gallery, the Aristotelian concept of symmetrical perfection has been developed, providing the space with a clear geometric central cut, differentiating the space into two totally opposing chromatics such as white and the lord of colors, black. The visual and pre-established perception of a porcelain material has been played with, presenting as a work of art, framed, forming a gallery, a space for reflection and appreciation of beauty.

Project Management & Design: J. David M. Jofre
Copyright fotografía: Carlos Terra