Composicion N°533 Painting

The art of Rodolfo Oviedo Vega is one of paradox and certain contradictions. His paintings can seem at first glance to be heavy, even opaque on the canvas, yet on closer inspection they became surprisingly varied in their textures. Parts of some works have an appealing heft, with collage elements and layers of oil paint worked into a thick impasto, while others can seem as light and delicate as fallen leaves. His compositions can seem purely abstract, and his basic visual language has remained rooted in abstraction for most of his career. Yet figuration keeps poking through in ways that give his work complexity and an enigmatic charm. The abstract forms of some works recall portraiture, while the perspectives and horizon line in others harks back to the landscape-painting tradition. Architectural elements frequently appear in Oviedo Vega’s work – railings, windows, arches, often in sombre colours that emphasise their geometric armatures – and show his interest in urban space and construction. Far from pure abstraction, these works often lead us into explorations of the aesthetic possibilities of buildings, with their multiple planes and volumes, and the architectural forms of contemporary cities, which, in Oviedo Vega’s hands, can look familiar to any city dweller yet also strange and even a bit alienating. This engagement with urban architecture also suggests a connection to his native El Salvador, the most urbanised country of Latin America. Oviedo Vega inhabits and plays out these contradictions in his work, without – to his great credit as an artist – ever trying to resolve them into neat packages, creating instead works that are complex, multi-layered and deeply human. Oviedo Vega has travelled all over the world, absorbing experiences and artistic influences that are sometimes reflected in his work, and living for a time in southern India and later Paris, where he lives and works today. His paintings are often better described as mixed-media collages, incorporating materials including sand, coconut bark, banana leaves and red wine. Roger Atwood. Rodolfo Oviedo Vega is one of those great travelers whose tales of adventures amaze us so much as they fascinate us. Adventurer from Central America, from El Salvador to Chile, going through the archipelago of San Blas, the artist has traveled along India living in Kerala and then in the Himalaya. He has crossed Europe and exposed his work in Paris, Madrid, Tallinn and Milan.The memory of his journeys and the places where he has lived are realized on his canvas. The process of creation is a complex assembly conjugating a subtle poetic and a technical mastery full up with references of art history. Each of his works appear as a true poetic space resulting from numerous esthetic operations. Firstly, the artist works the drawing of the inhabited place which is conceived according to aerial perspectives or escaped points. Then comes the search for appropriated materials that coincide with the worlds where he has lived and which will be integrated in his work: silk, silver thread, Indian embroidery, sand from the Himalaya or the beaches of Salvador, barks of coconut palm, banana tree leaf...These collages accentuate the different textures creating a new plastic space, a real recollection of the universe experienced by the artist. Colors and gathered materials recoat little by little the initial drawing and allow us to switch from realism to geometrical abstraction. The artist returns again and again to his canvas to sculpt the material by strengthening it or by digging it, all at adding systematically a spot. Spot of painting, wine, ink for glass or walnut it breaks the rigor of architectural plans to symbolize life. Painting, wine, ink for glass or walnut spot... it breaks the rigor of architectural plans to symbolize life. That is why, without being able to qualify them as a lyrical work we place Rodolfo Oviedo Vega's work as profoundly sensitive, human and emotional, while remaining abstract.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:15.7 W x 9.8 H x 1.2 D in

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