LIBRO - CATÁLOGO HAITZ DE DIEGO

23 THE VISION - Haitz de Diego something that adds great value to the work of any artist, especially if he is young, as is the case here. His will and inner need to express his spiritual her- itage is what gives him the greatest value. I do not want to end this presentation without highlighting, even at the risk of repeating myself, the reticent and remarkable use of black and white, as well as their infinite cascade of nuanc - es. Black, like emptiness, is the eternal wait, the perpetual pause, the end of the cycle. On black, all colour languishes. White is hope, purity and light. On white, all colour is diluted. In this way, the composition develops through delicate chro- matic balances on which a story unfolds. One is the counterpoint to the other, and both are pure. The whole work displays an unusual coherence. It is, in short, this contest between pure colours and intermingled colours; between formal and ab - stract elements; between tangible and intangible components; between revelation and mystery, which “lifts” the painting as a whole and makes it into something grandiose. That is how I see Haitz’s work. Awork that takes on a life of its own with or without him, and in which nothing is missing and nothing is superfluous, because each and every one of the elements brought together contributes their own musicality to the overall message. It is a work without contra- dictions, without rhetoric and without fuss, which speaks the language of the soul and uses picto- rial illusions to make its intentions understood. In short, a work of quality, sincere and profound, of great depth. His most recent work has been collected in differ - ent series or collections according to the subject matter represented and the particular creative mo- ment. In some cases, they are transitional forms based on conscious or unconscious “improvisa- tions”, perfectly balanced and endowed with a harmonious arrangement. In others, they are the basis on which a more scrupulous and analysed composition will be built; in others, they are what they are: the product of a pure and spontaneous intention. The product of an insightful interpretation and analysis of inputs drawn from the surrounding reality, the works shown below are powerful, elo- quent and aesthetic. They are the fruit of a deep and courageous self-exploration that empowers the artist by allowing him to distance himself from the apparent, from the mundane, to access a level