Bi-dimensional
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Pictorial language is an universe in itself with its inherent poetry. It is the visual result of a process of reflection-intuition. The current change of meaning of the purpose of painting -it has been ornament, genre, expression- allows me to insist on this seemingly saturated language, as well as on certain backing materials and traditional techniques: acrylic paint, paper, collage, so as to adopt new ways of painting, in the context of a freer statement proposal.

 


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Site-Specific Works and Installations

The generative themes of the works I have created until now, are the cosmos and the garden: "In the Beginning, God created Heaven and Earth" (Gen. 1.1).

The repercussions caused in us by the perception of the unexplored, and the limitless possibilities of the universe are the essence of many of the installations I have done. Beyond the scientific interest that has sent man to conquer space beyond the stratosphere, there has to be a religious energy that drives him to explore the cosmos. I associate this to the evidence of the existence of God, and also to the heeding of a childhood mandate: Touch heaven.

The works related to the gardens activate through a visual metaphorical language, responses derived from the dreamlike state that prevails in the natural spaces domesticated by man, that are oriented towards spiritual enjoyment. I am interested in the pleasurable resonances produced by the grouping of plants and flowers, as well as the romantic connotations of the theme (Gardens), which when depicted with the usual materials propitiate a paradoxical reflection on "real" nature and "simulated" nature.

 


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Architecturally integrated works

Since 1993 the realization of several installations and "site-specific" essentially ephemeral, have gone along almost simultaneously with the exercise of artwork integration on a permanent basis, which has allowed me to work on walls, ceilings, external murals and all kinds of architectural spaces -urban or residential- with various materials: stained glass windows with lead structures, ceramic tiles, glass mosaics and tri-dimensional polystyrene elements painted with polyurethane. These integrative projects materialize my plastic research, and they become an essential part of the space for which they have been designed.

 

 


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1. "Parcelas" ("Parcels"). 2008. Acrylic and canvas collage on canvas. 35 x 35 cm each. Private collection, Caracas, Venezuela.

2. "Parágrafo I" ("Paragraph I"). 2002. Acrylic and canvas collage on canvas. 170 x 410 cm. ARCO ´02 Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.

3. "La Floresta" ("The Forest"). 2000. Acrylic and canvas collage on canvas. 100 x 257 cm. Collection of the artist.

4. "Primavera" ("Spring"). 1993. Potted flowering plants. 5.00 x 8.00 m. Solo exhibition "Primavera" ("Spring"). Sala Mendoza, Caracas.

5. "Jardín Lumínico" ("Luminic Garden"). Homage to the Fernand Lèger stained-glass window "Vitral". 2001. Plastic, wood, paper, acetate, earth. 5.50 x 10.70 m. Universidad Central de Venezuela. World Cultural Heritage.

6. "Lagos" ("Lakes"). 2000. Canvas, acrylic, acetate, nylon, steel. Variable measures. Exhibition "Segunda Mirada al Lago". Centro de Arte de Maracaibo Lía Bermúdez, Maracaibo.

7. "Nueva América" ("New America"). 1995. Clay pots, paper, acrylic, color crayons. Variable measures. II Bienal del Barro de América. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber MACCS I, Caracas.

8. "Espacio 2" ("Space 2"). 1999. Acrylic and collage on paper. 2.40 x 4.80 m. Solo exposition "Del Cosmos al Jardín" ("From the cosmos to the garden"). Museo de los Niños, Caracas.

9. "Primavera" ("Spring"). Stained-glass window. 2000. Glass and lead structure. 0.50 x 1.90 m. Private collection, Caracas.

10. "Jardín Interior" ("Inner Garden"). Mural. 2000. Polystyrene painted with polyurethane, iron. 3.17 x 3.70 m.

11. "Universo" ("Universe"). Mural. 1995. Mosaic with colored glass tiles. 4.30 x 5.80 m. Private collection, Caracas.

12. "Universo" ("Universe"). Stained-glass window 1999. Glass, lead structure, wood. 2.00 x 2.00 m. Private collection, Caracas.

13. "Milflores" ("Thousand Flowers"). Hanging shapes. 1995. Polystyrene painted with polyurethane. 4.00 x 7.00 x 1.50 m. Private collection, Caracas.

14. "Jardín Lumínico" ("Luminic Garden"). Mural. 2004-2005. Ceramic tile.
1.200 m2 in three sections. Prados del Este Highway, Baruta Municipality,
Caracas.



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