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Matorrales 2018

Oil sticks and diluted oil paint on unprepared, un-stretched canvas.

Matorrales

Matorrales is composed out of drawings of local vegetation made in the town of Carmen de Apicalá in Tolima, Colombia.  The colors are taken from the traditional town colors. Instead of cutting, reconfiguring and sewing the fabric as in previous works, the drawings themselves are cut up and placed on a light box that projects the shadows on to the painting surface.  That way the pattern is configured. The paintings are experienced as tapestries that are hung, then folded or rolled as they move through the world. They are meant to be placed layered, seen in relation to the others, not by themselves in an ever changing tapestry made up of separate elements.  Though conceived as paintings they contain craft techniques, blurring the boundaries of the discipline they belong to. 

Matorrales se compone de dibujos de vegetación local realizados en el pueblo del Carmen de Apicalá en Tolima, Colombia.  Los colores provienen de los colores tradicionales de la ciudad. En lugar de cortar y re configurar y coser la tela, como en trabajos anteriores, los dibujos se cortaron y colocaron en una caja de luz que proyecta las sombras sobre la superficie de la pintura. De esa forma se configura el patrón. Las pinturas se experimentan como tapices que se cuelgan, luego se pliegan o enrollan a medida que se mueven por el mundo.  Están destinadas a colocarse en capas, vistas en relación con las demás, no por sí mismos, en un tapiz en constante cambio compuesto por elementos separados. Aunque concebidas como pinturas, contienen técnicas artesanales, difuminando los límites de la disciplina a la que pertenecen.

Matorrales (Tolima), 2018, 202 x 183 cm / 79.5 x 72 in, Oil sticks and oil paint on linen, iron hooks

Matorrales (Tolima), 2018, 202 x 183 cm / 79.5 x 72 in, Oil sticks and oil paint on linen, iron hooks

Matorrales (Tolima Amarillo II), 2018, 183 x 202 cm / 72 x 79.5 in, Oil sticks and oil paint on line.

Matorrales (Tolima Rojo), 2018, 99 x 91 cm / 39 x 36 in, Oil sticks and oil paint on linen

Matorrales (Tolima Rojo), 2018, 99 x 91 cm / 39 x 36 in, Oil sticks and oil paint on linen

Matorrales (Tolima Amarillo), 2018, 99 x 91 cm / 39 x 36 in, Oil sticks and oil paint on linen.

Matorrales (Tolima Amarillo), 2018, 99 x 91 cm / 39 x 36 in, Oil sticks and oil paint on linen.

Matorrales (Miami), 2018, 175 x 183 cm / 69 x 72 in, Oil stick on linen, iron hooks

Matorrales (Miami), 2018, 175 x 183 cm / 69 x 72 in, Oil stick on linen, iron hooks

Matorrales (Hojas), 2018, 138 x 96 cm / 54 x 38 in, Oil sticks on linen.

Matorrales (Hojas), 2018, 138 x 96 cm / 54 x 38 in, Oil sticks on linen.

Matorrales (Hoja café y flecos), 2018, 106 x 107 cm / 41.7 x 42 in, Oil paint and oil sticks, iron hooks.

Matorrales (Hoja café y flecos), 2018, 106 x 107 cm / 41.7 x 42 in, Oil paint and oil sticks, iron hooks.

Matorrales (Rojo y Azul), 2018, 140 x 92 cm / 92 x 36 in Oil sticks on linen.

Matorrales (Rojo y Azul), 2018, 140 x 92 cm / 92 x 36 in Oil sticks on linen.

Matorrales (Hoja amarilla y flecos), 2018, 178 x 107 cm / 70 x 42 in, Oil sticks on linen, mop yarn, iron hooks

Matorrales (Hoja amarilla y flecos), 2018, 178 x 107 cm / 70 x 42 in, Oil sticks on linen, mop yarn, iron hooks

Matorrales (Hoja azul y flecos), 2018 , 66 x 55 cm / 26 x 22 in, Oil sticks on linen, cotton yarn and iron hooks.

Matorrales (Hoja azul y flecos), 2018 , 66 x 55 cm / 26 x 22 in, Oil sticks on linen, cotton yarn and iron hooks.