YAM Gallery: Memory of Forms by Agustín Solórzano

By Staff Writer

Why does a hammer have that proportion and not another? Why does the curve of a French curve feel so natural? Why have certain tools remained virtually unchanged for centuries? The answer lies not only in function but in the memory they embody. Each one is the result of generations of observation, testing, refinement, and accumulated experience until reaching a form that now appears inevitable.

Memory of Forms, the new solo exhibition by architect and visual artist Agustín Solórzano, begins from this premise: forms are accumulated knowledge. They are physical manifestations of expertise transmitted across generations. More than objects, they are archives in which the body, craft, labor, and time remain inscribed.

Presented at YAM Gallery, the exhibition brings together sculptures, assemblages, and installations exploring the relationship between architecture, material culture, and memory. Through stone, steel, leather, recycled foam, industrial tools, French curves, and ordinary objects, Solórzano proposes another reading of materials that usually pass unnoticed. Each sculpture functions as an exercise in material archaeology, revealing that form is not merely appearance but the visible consequence of countless accumulated decisions. Trained as an architect, he has spent his career working with construction systems whose principles have remained relevant.

A second gallery presents the artist’s studio relocated into the space. Rather than a theatrical reconstruction, it is conceived as a map of influences. Tools, models, books, found objects, and works by other artists create a landscape that reveals how the thinking behind each sculpture develops. Curated jointly by Agustín Solórzano and Adolfo Caballero, the installation transforms the creative process into an essential component of the exhibition while establishing a dialogue among research, collecting, production, and memory.

Opening: August 19th, 6:00 p.m. Ancha de San Antonio 20 int. 1, Centro, at Instituto Allende