Mercedes Bellido

'Made by mud and air', the new exhibition by Mercedes Bellido

With the title of ‘De barro y aire’ (Made by mud and air), the artist Mercedes Bellido will be the guest creator of this awaited live exhibition. She will present a series of unique still life pieces that reflect different types of traditional ceramics around the world. In the words of the artist, in these porcelains “the action takes place within the clay itself; the butterflies that surround the ceramic pieces are psychopompos that contain the souls or the vital essence of each one of these figures, because porcelain is something stopped in time”. Formed in the classrooms of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Cuenca, a place marked by the abstraction of artists such as Antonio Saura or Fernando Zóbel, Mercedes Bellido (Zaragoza, 1991) is one of the new promises of contemporary painting in Spain.

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The power of clay

"Clay is a primordial material, formed by two of the main elements that make up our planet, earth and water. It has very spiritual connotations to mould from ‘nothing’ and obtain something as delicate and beautiful as pottery".

Mercedes Bellido

The four elements

"In ceramics the four elements appear, earth and water to obtain the clay, air to dry the piece and the fire of the kiln to fire the pieces. I have always been attracted to ceramics, I love to see the potter's wheel turning and the apparent ease with which he modelled the clay".