Nigredo
- Autoría
- Verónica Cas
- Serie
- Alchemy
- Técnica
- Abstract Art | Acrylics - Textures
- Medidas
- 50 × 60
- Año
- 2026
The work originates in a reflection on the transformation experienced by the artist’s Italian ancestors and gradually reveals another transformation: that which takes place within the creative process itself. In this sense, the work is situated within the concept of Nigredo, the first stage of the alchemical process, understood as a state of dissolution and transition preceding transformation and light.
The initial figures, representing the artist’s ancestors, were subsequently concealed beneath successive layers of matter. Although no longer visible, they remain materially embedded within the work, as traces of a memory that is not erased but transformed. This process establishes a dialogue between ancestry, memory, and belonging, while the emergence of light suggests the possibility of reconfiguring inherited histories and giving them new meaning in the present.