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Santiago Fuentes Bo"Hope & Tragedies" Surrealist Urban Street Art Mixed Media Painting on Wood2014
2014
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Santiago Fuente Bo pieces are exceptionally high in detail, but as well are playful and thought provoking. He is influenced with the ever-changing idea of what home means. His constant obsession to define it, and his difficulty in defining it is what makes his pieces so extremely complex. He builds his canvases from scratch, designing every piece, cutting hardboard, sandpapering it and finally painting on top. "When I say that I use 'stuff that anyone can find at home' I’m talking about enamel paint, pens and pencils. The materials I use for painting and drawing." Santiago uses these "found" materials from homes to create his works of art; and this is what creates such a remarkable duality in this collection. Although he may not be able to define what home means, he can capture and define what art means and how it relates to home, and how it connects to him and his experiences. This work is very connected by his marked sense of humor, irreverent and frivolous. He prepares his irregular boards with artisanal passion and patience, using materials that can be found at any home. This piece is signed by the artist on verso and it comes with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.
Art measures 14 x 14 inches
Santiago Fuente Bo was born in 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was taught art in Centro Polivalente de Arte de San Isidro and Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte, Bachelor in Fine Arts, and graphic design at University of Buenos Aires. Since the early years, he worked as an independent artist, a graphic designer and illustrator. In 1998 he got an Art Professor Diploma at IUNA, Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fuentas Bo has a unique style in that he marries photorealism with surrealism. His work speaks about memories. Santiago connects personal memories with collective images. He takes from his dream world, and ties his story in each piece, bringing memories alive with pop imagery in surreal conceptions. He tells stories with timeless effortlessness; something that may seem mundane but becomes conscious in his dream like world.
Fuentes Bo displays a graphic style as he starts creating with enamel, pencils and pens on wood or PVC, connecting the world of street art and graphic design that he comes from, and creating fantastic and delirious images with an urbane and contemporary sense of humor. His hallucinatingly refined depictions of animals remind us of Frans Snyders’ portraits; that’s how we have a Dutch still life in the midst of chaotic graffiti, randomly annotated supermarket receipts, slogans, pixels, and coffee spots. The result is paintings with object-like feeling. Pieces of something that could have a previous life. Half stories with no ending. A celebration of everyday life through everyday elements.
After years working as illustrator and in the advertising industry, in 2011 he moved to Nicosia, Cyprus and set up his studio where he produces his artwork and teaches art. His work is part of private collections in Buenos Aires, Nicosia and Larnaca.
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Lilac Gallery NYC “ARGENTINIAN AFFAIR” Summer Group Show, August 13 - September 4 2014.
PROVENANCE: Lilac Gallery Collection. Consigned by the gallery directly from Santiago Fuentes Bo Studio. The piece will be stamped from Lilac Gallery on its verso.
- Creator:Santiago Fuentes Bo (1975, Argentinian)
- Creation Year:2014
- Dimensions:Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
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