Juan Araujo’s works often begin with photographs he takes of a physical site. By reproducing fragments from urban images, facades and different architectures, he makes visible a tension between the desire to represent and the visual stereotypes. Araujo’s most recent paintings examine Venezuelan and Brazilian modernist architecture and the latter’s complex relationship to certain ideologies and belief systems that deeply marked Latin America’s cultural development in the mid-twentieth century.
The top ArtsEquator articles of 2021 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints December 31, 2021 Below is a list of the top 10 ArtsEquator articles in 2021, in random order: The Substation: How many more canaries in the coal mine? by Hoe Su Fern Published on: 20 Feb 2021 “Although the current situation facing The Substation is not new or unique, its impending fate is emblematic of, and raises deep questions about the progressively precarious and capricious conditions of arts practice in Singapore.” Also well-read: The Su bstation: An unstoppable force and an immovable object by Nabilah Said and a timeline of events by Ke Weiliang...
Juan Uslé — Viento sur — Galerie Lelong & Co — Exposition — Slash Paris Connexion Newsletter Twitter Facebook Juan Uslé — Viento sur — Galerie Lelong & Co — Exposition — Slash Paris Français English Accueil Événements Artistes Lieux Magazine Vidéos Retour Précédent Suivant Juan Uslé — Viento sur Exposition Peinture Juan Uslé, Fulgor Celeste, 2023 (Détail) Vinyle, dispersion, acrylique et pigment sur toile — 198 × 112 cm Courtesy de l’artiste et galerie Lelong & Co...
In the Soldier’s Head evokes the traumas of war through the prism of the hallucinations of a soldier...
Many of Araujo’s works depict reproductions and Libro Ponti II is a recreation of a book on Italian architect Gio Ponti...
YUMA o la tierra de los amigos (YUMA, or the Land of Friends) by Carolina Caycedo is a large mural containing a series of satellite photographs mounted on acrylic...
Wright Imperial Hotel (2004) is a sort of bow and arrow made out of feathers, a São Paulo phone book, and other materials...
Carolina Caycedo’s practice conveys her very personal passion and relationship to water, as a powerful necessity and spiritual reminder...