Cecilia Méndez Casariego

Cenizas y diamantes XXVII, Abstract Painting on paper

2022

Cenizas y diamantes XXXII, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 10.3 H in...

Cenizas y diamantes XXVIII, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 10.3 H in. x 10.75 W in. Unframed The artist's works take the human body to address universal problems linked to identity, vulnerability, and transformation. The artworks are inspired by photographs from newspapers and magazines and are made with household materials such as aluminum foil, sulfite, cotton, and cold porcelain in order to create access to collective memory. The artist makes a personal reading of today's society through the chosen images, she observes humanity, its behaviors, and problems. The bodies exhibited in her work relate that the human condition that manifests itself, that claims for others, then they join each other and become one. Both in paintings and sculptures, these bodies go through a process of transmutation. They are covered, diluted, faded, covered, and wrapped over the bodily appearance. Finally, from this transformation, the artist creates her own mythology. _____________ Cecilia Méndez Casariego was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. Mendez studied at the "Manuel Belgrano" School of Fine Arts where she obtained the title of "National Master of Drawing" (2002) and Professor of Visual Arts (2005). The artist attended the drawing workshop of Marcia Schvartz at the Ernesto de la Cárcova School of Fine Art, a construction art...

Cenizas y diamantes XXIX, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 10.3 H in. x 10.75 W in. Unframed The artist's works take the human body to address universal problems linked to identity, vulnerability, and transformation. The artworks are inspired by photographs from newspapers and magazines and are made with household materials such as aluminum foil, sulfite, cotton, and cold porcelain in order to create access to collective memory. The artist makes a personal reading of today's society through the chosen images, she observes humanity, its behaviors, and problems. The bodies exhibited in her work relate that the human condition that manifests itself, that claims for others, then they join each other and become one. Both in paintings and sculptures, these bodies go through a process of transmutation. They are covered, diluted, faded, covered, and wrapped over the bodily appearance. Finally, from this transformation, the artist creates her own mythology. _____________ Cecilia Méndez Casariego was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. Mendez studied at the "Manuel Belgrano" School of Fine Arts where she obtained the title of "National Master of Drawing" (2002) and Professor of Visual Arts (2005). The artist attended the drawing workshop of Marcia Schvartz at the Ernesto de la Cárcova School of Fine Art, a construction art...

Cenizas y diamantes XXX, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 10.3 H in. ...

Cenizas y diamantes XXXI, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 10.3 H in. x 10.75 W in. Unframed The artist's works take the human body to address universal problems linked to identity, vulnerability, and transformation. The artworks are inspired by photographs from newspapers and magazines and are made with household materials such as aluminum foil, sulfite, cotton, and cold porcelain in order to create access to collective memory. The artist makes a personal reading of today's society through the chosen images, she observes humanity, its behaviors, and problems. The bodies exhibited in her work relate that the human condition that manifests itself, that claims for others, then they join each other and become one. Both in paintings and sculptures, these bodies go through a process of transmutation. They are covered, diluted, faded, covered, and wrapped over the bodily appearance. Finally, from this transformation, the artist creates her own mythology. _____________ Cecilia Méndez Casariego was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. Mendez studied at the "Manuel Belgrano" School of Fine Arts where she obtained the title of "National Master of Drawing" (2002) and Professor of Visual Arts (2005). The artist attended the drawing workshop of Marcia Schvartz at the Ernesto de la Cárcova School of Fine Art, a construction art...

Cenizas y diamantes XVIII, 2020 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego From the series "Cenizas y diamantes" Acrylic paint on sulphite paper Image size: 45 H cm. x 33 W cm. Unframed The arti...

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