Brian Lopes

Practice & background

Brian Lopes is an Argentine artist whose string-art practice is presented as Eulogy Hilorama. BADA 2023 coverage identifies the project with his name, while Feria Puro Diseño’s 2026 introduction links to @eulogy.hilorama. The Spanish term hilorama describes a method of constructing images from thread and fixed anchor points.

In Art Value Lab’s Spanish-language interview, he explains that a complete diagram establishes nail positions before straight threads are layered across them. Geometry structures the making process. Each strand remains a material element while participating in a larger image: up close, anchors and tension are visible; from farther away, curves and depth emerge.

Feria Puro Diseño’s 2026 introduction describes his patterns through sacred geometry and relates the optical vibration of crossing threads to Op Art. It also notes the integration of lighting in newer work to intensify spatial effects. This offers a way to read the practice through perception and light as well as painstaking manual construction.

Asked what he would tell his childhood self before beginning art, he returns to trust and action: believe in yourself more and keep working without being preoccupied with what will happen. The brief conversation brings the uncertainty of an artist’s life into dialogue with the precision of his geometric process.

Looking at the work

Plan the anchor points, connect them and build successive layers: density produces a sense of space. Try following one strand from end to end, then observe how many straight segments together can suggest flow or rotation.