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In the case of Kirsten Hutsch, painting emerges as a strategy of progressive addition, blurring the boundaries between this discipline and sculpture. In the series presented for this edition of Swab, the artist establishes a historical review of painting, its object, purpose, until reaching the point where the material presence of her works becomes evident alongside a general sense of immediacy or urgency. There is a certain spontaneity that splatters her pieces in the form of impactful illusory brushstrokes, where adhesive tape is responsible for leading to the weightless compositions that …