plástico (for art)

Question

I am trying to translate this sentence from a painter:
"Comienza el camino al descubrimiento de algo plástico que tiene que ver con espacios"
I'm stuck on finding a good equivalent for "plástico." Any ideas?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Thanks for your ideas. My own thought that was that she was referring to the artes plasticas as opposed to other kinds of art (performative, for example), like Vernic said.

This is the original sentence:
Después la tela en blanco: comienza el camino al descubrimiento (el nacimiento) de algo plástico que tiene que ver con espacios ,vínculos entre colores y temperatura de los mismos, como así también sensaciones que resignifican tal o cual cosa.

Here is my attempt so far:
After that comes the blank canvas: it is the start of a road to discovery (the formation) of something [visual/flexible/artistically expressive/some form'] that has to do with spaces and links between colors and temperature, as if sensations too could suggest this or that thing.

What do you think? Also, do you see any other problems'

Answer 2

Sí, James, es razonable, porque en el árte el uso de este tipo de materiales moldeables (sea cual sea so origen) se denomina plástico/a, y Beth refiere que el escrito proviene de un pintor.

Answer 3

Although I don't think the word "plastic" belongs in the translation, I have to agree with Carmen a bit here. Doesn't "algo plástico" in the original mean "algo moldeable"? That is, the author seems to be talking about things whose shape is not fixed or rigid, and is therefore related to spaces.

Answer 4

yes!

Answer 5

I don't understand what you are trying to say in spanish. It does not make sense to me cause the word "plastico" means plastic . In your sentence it says, " you start the road in dicovering something plastic that has to do with space".

Answer 6

Las Artes Plásticas es una área de las Bellas Artes, la expresión de los sentimientos através de una amplia gama de materiales inanimados moldeados a voluntad del artísta, que termina en expresiones como la arquítectura, escultura, etc....
plástico/a= área de expresión artística.
Tal vez podría ser remplazado por: "Comienza el camino al descubrimiento hacia un area de expresión artística que tiene que ver con espacios"

Answer 7

Mil gracias, Heidita!

Answer 8

How about expressive, evocative'