During the second half of the 1950s, while living in Mexico, German-born art historian and artist Mathias Goeritz began the production of a series of works that, with time, became known as Mensajes (Messages). The first pieces of this series consisted of old and used fragments of scrap metal that were perforated, nailed and adhered to different wooden surfaces. Some of these supports were painted and their colors could be seen through the holes in the metal sheets. AlthoughMensajes is the definitive name given to this group of works, Goeritz originally referred to them as clavados (nailed) and sudarios (shrouds), two names that are explicit of the religious intent that the artist wanted to give to this series. Shortly after he began executing these nailed and perforated pieces, he also embarked on the production of other works for the series that are characterized by their monochromatic golden surfaces. He referred...to these works, covered with gold leaf, as Mensajes metacromáticos (Metachromatic messages) as they carried a “meaning” beyond the presence of color. For the artist, these messages were representations of nothingness and the absolute; through the luminosity of the gold leaf he sought to actualize a traditional relation between spirituality and light.
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