360 - Juan Orti (born in 1974)

Juan Orti (born in 1974) Untitled Sculpture Ceramic Date created: 2024 H34 L18 P18 cm Juan Ortí is based in Valencia, Spain. He uses the potter’s wheel as a tool to create pieces designed to be assembled. This process lends the objects an apparent coldness, but by reducing the amount of visual information, it focuses the viewer’s gaze on a few minute yet profound details. These are sculptural interpretations of geometric architectural forms that are ubiquitous in our daily lives. The visual language of his work is characterized by a refined beauty, lending elegance to industrial forms that are often austere and soulless. Don’t expect to find any superfluous ornamentation in Ortí’s creations. He uses the wheel and the lathe to recreate the purity of form found in the most functional manifestations of industrial or agricultural architecture, transforming simplicity and functionality into pure beauty. The texture of the objects—dry yet soft—perfectly captures the light and gives the table-sized sculptures the illusion of monumental scale. Ortí does not completely erase the marks of the manufacturing process, but preserves the subtle traces of the lathe’s machining—details that remind the viewer of the origin and true scale of their experience, a return to reality.