What a perfect place to be dancing, near the lake in Kensington Gardens, with a Sculpture of Henry Moore in the back, for this couple of the Series Les Danseurs. The concept of the Urban Sculpture Project is to incorporate the Sculpture as another natural element to be placed in specific place, like benches, garbage cans or lamp poles. Each one has its role and sculptures are to make the cities more humanized, and bringing a concept of culture close to people. Is a risk as we know how benches or garbage cans end, but is a work that need to be done to culturize people and try to erradicate vandalism. Difficult task but this are the things that need to be done.

Pas de deux Nº1

From the Giacometti Series, this lost old man walking around, trying to push himself, completely abandoned to his circumstance in a photomontage of Waterloo Station in London where people are normally rushing to get in and out of trains, tubes or subways. Everybody with their directions organised leaving this fellow to walk around as a zombie.

The concept of the Urban Sculpture projects is to place figures in recognizable places and acting as if they belong to the place. Recognizable attitudes for people to feel something when they see the sculpture, even maybe they have been once lost in a train station not knowing exactly where to go. A sculpture in the street is a step in culture needs that people have a reaction when they see the sculpture, they need to be related in some way for the sculpture to be accepted as a friend.

L'homme qui marche 2

The Pas de deux Nº7 is just plein cardboard but in the photo montage in Piazza San Marco with Palazzo Ducale at the back creates the perfect ambience for this couple to dance in the most elegant way, Ii'ts the concept of the Urban Sculpture project to leave sculptures in open spaces where people can get close to them. There is the risk that the sculpture could get damaged , but is part of the concept to hsve people interacting around the sculptures so they get accustomed to the concept. It msy take time, but needs to be done.

Culture cannot stay only in the museums. It needs to be spreaded.

Pas de deux Nº 7

In my virtual wolrd, till I get what I am working, to see my work in big sizes, this work from the Confussion Series is in a photomontage of a square in Venice after a rainy day with the hotel where we stayed at the back to the left. What a wonderful city is Venice when it is not full of tourist and you can see the people that really lives, works and studies, 

This work in small size was donr through laser cut abd after a small welding so they colus stay in place, being together but crossed with no communication. It happens often.

Confussion 8_1

Arriving late is from the Series moving together. Ii is thought to be located in a busy street where everybody is running, normal on big cities. The photomontage was made over a photo of Ballston Spa, at the northern part of Albany, and kowing that is not really a busy city the colors of the buildings match so well that it was to keep the concept of a Sculpture on the street, a step in culture, even the streets were quiet, at leats the day I was there.

Arriving late

Prototype from the Series Doors to Hell in a photomontage of a friends garden to give the volume that I expect my work to have.

It is part of the Urban Sculpture Project to locate Sculptures outdoors where people can get close ti them. There is a need that culture gets close to people instead of people needing to pay to see art works. A sculpture in the street a step in culture is what needs to be done for the normal people get closer to art, as they don't get to see anything when they live in theoutskirts of a big town. Art ends up being a luxury for nearly everybody and they normally see it as something for rich people. That is why in the assaults in DC two years ago and recently in Brasilia the first thing that mobs do is destroy art as it seems something related to power. 

Moi, toi, nous, vous, tous_3

From the series "Al Tramonto", at the sunset, life becomes peaceful and time goes slowly.
Just looking at and amazed with the symphony of colors. The simple figures that insinuate the silhouettes creates this moment of relax waiting for the sunset, leaving time pas by watching the sun slowly going down. Peaceful quiet moment.


Pause 2

This work belongs to the Series “God’s will or the madness of man” in which I work with the brutality of man against his fellowmen. The level of sadism that there has always been of the winners over the losers. The cruelty, which seems intrinsic, in the human being who expresses with tremendous brutality against the vanquished, with tortures and killing techniques in inhuman places of confinement. It has always existed with styles that vary over the years and centuries just to obtain the same result: destroy the vanquished.
In my work each one has a special meaning and a historical moment. It can be from our days or related to events and massacres carried out centuries ago. Each one is special, each one is painful. There is always a defenseless man or women who is harassed, flogged, tortured in every possible way or killed in front of an audience to create a show.
It keeps coming back and it looks like with no end. It affects everybody but again looking away hoping that it won’t get closer.
This work is dedicated to the war in Ukraine; to all the children and adults who have died in this insane killing; to all children and adults who have needed to fled because of the war and now they are far from their homes with no clear future; to all the wounded that have suffered this constant bombing; to all the destroyed cities that now have been turned into ruble, and fields and work places; to all the misery that this burnt-out policy has generated; to all the people that are fighting to defend their land in a battle of Goliath against the giant.

The question needs to be why, and even more closely, "Why Me". We are not free of responsibility and we have to assume it as if it as our own.

The girl is kneeling on the floor with one leg supporting her; looking up with her arms and hands open asking why, “Why Me”. We are here, we hear you, we are you.


WHY ME

During the presentation of my work "Awaiting his Fate" from the Series "God's will or the madness of man" ( a critic of the violence displayed by men during the centuries to impose with the force their political or religious beliefs or even for economical reasons) at the 2nd edition of the Rome International Art Fair from May 20 till June 3, organised by ITSLIQUID GROUP. 


Awaiting his fate. Rome International Art Fair

From the Series "Confussion" that it started when the Pandemic was on at is was clear that everybody was at its own in a smaller scale and in larger scales too, with no unity in action but thinking of themselves. We are all together but each one looks to a different side, they look at each other but they ignore that they need all to go on. Till the world is not all vaccinated we will keep in the game. The Confussion will last long time

Confussion 5

From "The Giacometti Series", homage to Alberto Giacometti, one of his series of walking men; suffering men going nowhere with a void mind as when you survive a bombimg of your town, survive and start walking to nowhere not understanding what and how so much disaster around him

L'homme qui marche 4

From the Series "Gods will or the madness of man"; this image is related to the time when DAESH soldiers where executing prisoners live streaming to the world to show their power. Powerful and disturbing  image so brutal that stayed in my mind as what never should exist; and to level of brutality the human being can arrived moved by extreme passions.

Awaiting his fate

From the Series "Trends on the Catwalk" a colection of different dresses that can evoque the imagination of the viewer; maybe a country side lady from old days with the differnt skirts for work and a simple hat to protect from the sun or maybe notas is the viewer the one that gives the answer

Dress Nº01

From the Series "Les Danseurs", a way of making people connect to others through the dance sharing ver special moments; a simple touch makes the world seem different with the relation between two people that is open to the imagination of the viewer to give the meaning

Pas de deux Nº3

From the Series "Human Head Studies" in which every piece is a different abstract expression of feelings related to the head, shoulders and part of the body or arms

Study of Human Head III

From the Series "Studies of Human Figures" one with a gesture of solitude and regret asking for forgiveness

Man II "I'm sorry"

From the series "Trends on the Catwalk" a colection of different dresses that can evoque the imagination of the viewer; Dress Nº06 was done during the Covid lockdown continuing a series I had started months before and did continue as a type of the teraphy and relaxation while start working other Series. Dress Nº06 is related to the african culture

Dress Nº06

The Series Inmovement is based on one element that moves in different directions to create the movement. in this case is a sitting figure rotating in a central point to create the fan that arrives to the base on tip toes.

Inmovement III

The only work done up to know as a comission for a friend in NY as he asks normally to his friends to make portraits of him. My work needed to be different as it was not going to be a portrait and needed sometehin that could define him. The solution was this gesture sitting on a stool as one of his classic poses 

Man on a stool

From the Series "Workout - Asana" that was started as a reaction to the Covid Pandemic. As a way of healing mind and  body the exercise can be a good tool to work with. Instead of claudicating in front of the virus keeping the body and mind active as in each exercise you need to give the best you can. Movement and gesture are important to give the intensity the figure has to have.

Exercise 4

From the Series "Doors to Hell", second study of a group of figures in their pass through the doors

Moi, toi, nous, vous, tous_2

From the Series "Gods will or the madness of man"  refers to period when the lock down had finished but still many restrictions were kept and expresses the suffer, sadness, imprisonment, claustrophia that people was feeling; the badly undestood lack of individual liberties generated this reaction against what could mean trying to really look for the end of the pandemic

Covid Prisoner

From the Series "Les Danseurs", a way of making people connect to others through the dance sharing  ver special moments; a complex relation between four people in an intricated unity forming a solid structure that seems skycrapers 

Pas de quatre N°2

From the Series "Workout - Asana", trying to heal mind and body in these difficult times

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