Strata, fault lines and ground frequency

Inner Vortex is one of Maurizio Valch’s earlier bodies of work, developed from 2017 onward. The series reveals the inner force before it becomes territory. Through spiral movement, layered color and circular tension, these works explore an energy that is still forming: a force before horizon, before structure, before ground. The vortex appears as a visual field of emergence. It suggests rotation, depth, repetition and psychological movement, but also the first signs of a later territorial language. What appears here as inner force will later become strata, fault lines, horizons and ground frequency. Inner Vortex marks an essential stage in Valch’s evolution: the moment where painting becomes a field of energy, perception and genesis.

Strata Series marks a more reduced and essential stage in Maurizio Valch’s work, developed from June 2026 onward. The series is built through dominant chromatic fields, incised lines, minimal monolithic signs and subtle spatial tensions. Rather than constructing symbolic landscapes, these paintings reduce the territory to strata, fault lines, vibration and silence. In STRATA, the painted surface becomes a field of emergence. Lines no longer describe passages or structures; they register frequency, displacement and the sedimented time of the territory. The works suggest abstract territories where thought appears in its most elemental form: not as image, but as tension, trace and presence.

Stratified Faces is an earlier body of work by Maurizio Valch, developed from 2019 onward. In this series, the face appears as divided territory. The portraits are built through planes, fragments, cuts and chromatic sections, suggesting identity as something layered rather than fixed. These works explore gaze, presence, inner states and symbolic fragmentation. The human face becomes a field of strata: a surface where perception, memory and structure are divided into visible layers. Seen from Valch’s current practice, Stratified Faces anticipates the later language of territory, fault lines and sedimented structure. What appears here as a fragmented face will later expand into landscape, horizon and ground frequency.

Structural Metaphysical Painting is the main body of work developed by Maurizio Valch throughout 2025. This series presents abstract territories where horizon, mass, passage and monolithic forms organize the pictorial space. The paintings do not depict specific landscapes; they construct silent fields where structure appears to emerge from the ground itself. Through broad chromatic planes, incised stairways, geometric blocks and suspended forms, the works explore the relationship between territory and thought. Each composition suggests a place before explanation: a primordial space where perception, movement and inner structure begin to take form. In this body of work, the landscape becomes a field of consciousness. The monoliths act as presences, the stairways as signs of passage, and the horizon as a point of tension between silence and emergence. Structural Metaphysical Painting marks a central stage in Valch’s practice: the moment where landscape, architecture, symbol and abstraction converge into a language of territory and thought.