Libro Azul (Ayer-Mañana) (Blue Book (Yesterday-Tomorrow))

2011 - Sculpture (Sculpture)

Mateo Lopez

location: Bogota, Colombia
year born: 1978
gender: male
nationality: Colombian
home town: Bogota, Colombia

Though he often works with paper and traditional techniques such as lithography, Mateo López is interested in expanding the scope of drawing and frequently operates outside of traditional studio situations to conjure personal experiences. His early studies in architecture equipped him to consider his medium in terms of time and space, and in three rather than two dimensions. The portability of López’s methods, along with his personal approach to collecting information from his personal journeys, has become a trademark of his installations. Drawings and trompe l’oeil objects, ranging from apples to clothing hangers to doors, extend beyond their sources of inspiration as sensuous entities, creating their own life in a Proustian narrative.


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