Nico 2008

Loads of oil paint, countless brushes, extensions of canvas, hundreds of pixels and a couple of gigabytes all come down to this, what was I trying to say all throughout. My art has morphed from different shapes, sizes but other than a few developments my message has maintained its original scheme. The original idea is based on two strong themes; modernity and antiquity in Quito, and the message best described as the clash of these two themes.
My media varied from oil paintings to videos. I used modern media such as film to capture footage of a live performance I presented without an audience in two different sites, San Diego cemetery and the park of the Virgen del Panecillo. The fact I used a variety of media was one of the strongest qualities of my work it was this which gave me the most problems. This was because although sometimes the transitions from media to media made sense to me, I was aware the audience wouldn’t understand these transitions that easily.
Amidst the most dominant influences stood a handful of 19th century painters and architects of the Quito School of Art. They provided the relationship to antiquity in my art. In order to add the modern aspect to my art I searched for other artists in other media. I stumbled upon photographers such as Lee Friedlander and Basilico who mastered particular techniques which made their photographs beautifully gloomy and mysterious.

'Family Plot' Digital Print A3 March 2008
'Sombra en San Diego' Movie Still/Performance March 2008
'La Sombra del Panecillo' Movie Still/Performance April 2008
'La Sombra del Panecillo' Movie Still/Performance April 2008
'Patron de la Cruz' Digital 25 x 100cm Dec. 2007
'Mirror' Digital 53 x 60 cm Nov. 2007
'Postmodum,Praeteritum' Oil on Canvas 100 x 150cm Oct. 2007
'Id' Acrylic on Canvas 46 x 61 cm April 2007