Shapes of Silence: The Intimate Art of Adrian Lay Ruiz

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https://doi.org/10.33064/10ais8360

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Adrian Lay Ruiz, Painting-Dance, Watercolor, Poetic Reason, Mexico’s Central-Western Region

Abstract

This essay offers a poetic and philosophical reading of the work of Mexican artist Adrian Lay Ruiz, highlighting his pictorial practice as a way of inhabiting the world through memory, sensitivity, and affection. His use of watercolor, especially on rice paper, is interpreted as a silent dance that does not illustrate but brings a poetic presence to life. Lay Ruiz's marginality in relation to official art circuits does not diminish his proposal's impact; rather, it strengthens it as an act of sensitive resistance and personal affirmation. His work is presented as an alternative aesthetic-sensitive archive, deeply rooted in his region and childhood, inviting a reconsideration of the relationship between art, life, and memory from a nomadic and fluid perspective. The analysis relies on philosophical references such as María Zambrano's poetic reason, Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology, and Bachelard’s intuition of the instant to understand art as a gesture inseparable from existence

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Author Biography

Sarahí Lay Trigo, CIESAS - Occidente

Researcher and creator. She holds a Ph.D. in Education, a Master’s degree in Management and Policies of Higher Education, and a Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts with a focus on Dance Expression from the University of Guadalajara. She also studied Communication Sciences at ITESO. She is a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNI). Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow at CIESAS–Occidente, after completing a postdoctoral research stay at the University of California, Santa Cruz, supported by a SECIHTI grant. Her publications explore dance, art, and philosophy, and have appeared in academic journals and specialized books. Her work lies at the intersection of philosophical anthropology, art, and dance. Her most recent publication is Ser Danza. Burbujas y esferas en la isla del ballet.

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Published

2025-07-28

How to Cite

Lay Trigo, S. (2025). Shapes of Silence: The Intimate Art of Adrian Lay Ruiz. Arte, Imagen Y Sonido, 5(10), 119–147. https://doi.org/10.33064/10ais8360

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Academic or creative essay