«Carlos Albert’s collages come from a robust and elegant imaginary: they are elegies for his powerful sculptural volumes. Indeed, we can find in them traces of the complex work process implicit in his sculptures on a monumental scale. But, what began as a tool to preview the infinite complexities of three-dimensionality, has turned into a mysterious universe within his work.

It was customary for Albert to sketch the shapes of his sculptures using two-dimensional cutouts of various materials. In the workshop, these pieces have been fundamental for the work process related to his monumental sculptures. 


That is why signs of strength can be seen in them, a certain kind of micro story of human creation concealed in spontaneous stains and burns. Little by little, as they accumulated, an interesting collection of what seemed to be templates, notes, models, drawings, multiple episodes of formal mystique and experimentation, was formed. 


One fine day, Albert decided to assemble these capricious pieces on paper, an endeavor in which he has gone through different phases. Before incorporating the color, he used Chinese ink and recently he has used materials such as tarlatan or matte tree bark paper.

The resulting collages have acquired such a level of relevance, that they are no longer the previous point of his sculptures, although they maintain a close relationship with them. They are, more accurately, a collection of calligraphies. Two style features stand out in the ensemble: the fascination for contrast and the pleasure for simple, automatic, spontaneous variations.»


Juan Delgado Calzadilla.

Curator & Director of “Detrás del Muro” (Behind the Wall).

Luis Enrique Padrón Pérez.

Curator.