"DETECTIVE”. Exposición individual de María Sánchez.

Madrid, diciembre de 2023, altas horas de la noche.

La escena del crimen presenta una sucesión de indicios que paso a referir a continuación: bocetos, fotos, postales, recortes de libros y revistas, citas, frases, restos de pintura por doquier… Colgados de las paredes, una serie de cuadros de ambientación muy actual y me permitiré la opinión bella factura al óleo, los cuales parecen, en su conjunto, plantear un orden oculto. Cierto misterio o significado.

En los cuadros, se reproducen nuevamente las pruebas del delito, como en una suerte de escenario conceptual. Más textos, imágenes, preguntas lanzadas al aire…

He sido capaz de atar algunos cabos, tender hilos y conexiones, hasta armar un mapa provisional de lo que podría significar todo este enigma. Reconozco, al hacerlo, que me hallo ante uno de los mayores desafíos de mi carrera como investigador privado. Un reto de categoría superior.

In my research work, I have been able to draw vague conclusions about the meaning of the images. I think I have noticed in them a certain game of search and concealment. The contemporary individual lost in the sea, dissolved in the maelstrom, in an eternal process of questioning and reconstruction. The unknown of strange past events; the questioning of the present and the future... The invention, from such raw materials, of a fascinating personal universe.

Which events are real and which are not in this shrewd exercise of recreation, or are we facing false clues, deliberately introduced in the scene to hinder the progress of the investigation, one might ask.

By tracing, I think I have found the hidden identity behind the aforementioned works of
art, although I cannot establish a conclusive certainty on this aspect either. I would dare to reveal that the authorship of all of them corresponds to a young Sevillian painter whose name responds tersely to Maria Sanchez Lopez. 

So much for the scope and bulk of my inquiries. As the experienced detective that I pride myself on being, I confess to being overwhelmed at this point. The absence of witnesses is an obstacle for me, so I open the case for public knowledge. Any help from the viewer will be welcome and will undoubtedly contribute to the resolution of this phenomenal intrigue.

So, I leave in your hands, dear viewer, the global interpretation of the mystery. Your mission, identical to mine: to give meaning to the fictional universe that is presented to you. Do you dare...?

JB Rodríguez Aguilar, Private Investigator