Title: “Unseen VII”. (Unnoticed VII).
Series: "Unseen".
Technique: Oil, acrylic and stainless steel on canvas and wood.
Measurements: 61 x 50 x 2 cm.
Year: 2020.
The collection of paintings that make up the exhibition "IllI ET NOS", _them and us_, comprises three thematic axes that revolve around the portrait: "We are a number", "Portrait and geometry", and "Sheltered portrait", taking into account approaches such as identity, urban space, relationships with others, and time.
The characters portrayed in the works that make up the exhibition emerge from the observations and notes I make of the urban space I transit daily, of which I also take into account the geometry in the existing one, which at the same time is present in the space we inhabit.
As we move through urban space, interacting or socializing with others, we encounter resources or mechanisms as ways to approach the identity of others, to recognize them, recognize ourselves, identify them, or identify ourselves. We can all be them, and they can be us, because we are all part of that urban environment, in which we observe others and in which we are observed.
Over the previously painted portraits, I incorporate different steel techniques to reinforce their formalization. These steel solutions (a sort of three-dimensional drawing) appear subservient or floating, complementing the pictorial surface. But steel also serves another function: it ultimately shapes each work at the moment that the flash of light characteristic of this material appears, a luminous effect that moves as we move from one end to the other while contemplating the image. The blend of different technical processes gives rise to an image that is halfway between painting and sculpture, both disciplines coexisting on the same surface.
© Roger Sanguino.
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