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REVISTA PALMAS_66 ABRIL 2022

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when ART meets<br />

ARCHITECTURE &<br />

INTERIOR DESIGN<br />

By Raúl Zurinaga, Architect<br />

Societies tend to identify a certain portion of the objects<br />

they produce qualifying it as invaluable and it is in<br />

this selection that we can find works of art. These privileged<br />

objects, plastic products, are likely to be extracted<br />

from the world of forms to enter the world of the concrete<br />

and be exhibited both in a public space (museum<br />

or gallery) and in the privacy of the home.<br />

Many people spend a significant amount of time and<br />

resources building a private art collection that they only<br />

display at home. It would seem that by owning a certain<br />

piece, they become the owners of the aesthetic experience<br />

that it provokes. Of course, this happens internally<br />

and is of a subjective nature, since each person<br />

perceives different things in works of art and<br />

it is that people can develop such a rapport<br />

with the pieces of art that they end up experiencing<br />

them in a very intimate way.<br />

Another reason why people acquire pieces<br />

of art is because of the status they confer. Although<br />

this is a less spiritual reason, investing in art is<br />

Raúl Zurinaga, Architect<br />

& William Quetzalcóal, invited artist<br />

Painting - Suavecito from Quetzalcóal

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