Mario Velez “Eternal Spring”

Frederico Sève Gallery/latincollector

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A selection of six large format paintings by the colombian artist Mario Velez, “Eternal Spring” is the manifestation of the artist’s exploration of logic, instinct, and perception, as these concepts are turned upside-down and inside-out through this series.

Velez’s work has a significant departure from what one may call “traditional” painting. The concept of background and foreground is endlessly lost into one another. Consequently, the background becomes an element of it’s own within the composition, where no single element has precedence over the other. Instead, different elements work harmoniously to create this eternal state. A prevalent reference is made throughout this series to the Cartesian coordinates; the canvas is made up of intersecting lines at different angles that come together to create these free-floating organic shapes.

Art critic, Luis Fernando Valencia describes Velez’s work, “…In the paintings of Mario Vélez there is no such thing as an order of subordination; that is to say, no single element has predominance upon another, there is not one single formal component that is given the leading role. This is what makes his painting a thoroughly contemporary expression, a work that stands clearly “beyond modernity.” Hence the importance of his contributions to the current panorama of painting, not only in Colombia but in the international stage as well. “

[Image: Mario Velez “Eterna Primavera No.63” (2011/2012) oil and acrylic on canvas 35.43 x 70.87 in.]

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from February 06, 2014 to March 01, 2014

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Mario Velez

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