Rafael Timoner (Mahón, 1964) is a conceptual and multidisciplinary artist. He has exhibited regularly in renowned art galleries, participating in international contemporary art fairs, video art festivals, and institutional exhibitions in various countries. His work is part of public and private collections in Europe and the United States.
Sculpture/Installation
“Seven Lights”
Rafael Timoner, 2025.
Art Installation made and created expressly for the “Isla del Rey”, by the multidisciplinary and conceptual artist Rafael Timoner.
The installation is inspired by Menorca and its seven lighthouses, imagining a line drawn from the union of the points (lights) that surround the island, forming a fictitious shield of protection. An ironic and imaginary timeline marked by continuous episodes of piracy, lootings, dominations, conquests and reconquests.¡
The concept of this work is based on the act of drawing a heptagon inscribed in a circle, with each of its vertices representing specific locations, revealed by the geographical coordinates engraved inside the cylinder (central element), which corresponds to the real and precise location of each of the seven lighthouses on the island of Menorca.
The central monolith, on a “mares” base, is made of stainless steel and corten steel, and inside there are the aforementioned engravings. On its exterior, the vertical rusted steel slats are distributed irregularly cut, between whose spaces appear the slate stones of grey and oxide tones tracing parallel lines, inspired by the geological strata formed by the sedimentation of rock fragments, as a metaphor for the historical past ( geological origin) of the island.
Around the central element is a circle formed by blocks of “mares”, delimiting the installation space, forming a walled enclosure, although with an open access from the front. On these blocks, the beacons (points of light) that represent the lighthouses (Sant Carles, Illa de l’Aire, Cap d’Artrutx, Sa Farola, Punta Nati, Cavalleria and Favàritx) are distributed equidistantly, located at the vertice of the imagined heptagon and inscribed within the same circle.
The types of stone use symbolize the two halves of the island, divided by its geological formation into: “Tramontana”, composed of the older terrain with black, grey and red rocks, and “Migjorn”, composed of white , calcareous rocks of more recent origin.
King's Island, Mahón, July 2025.
Fundación Hospital Isla del Rey
