Galería La Cometa

Contact: Esteban Jaramillo
Carrera 10 No. 94 A 25

Asís

In the exhibition "Asís," artist Juan Delgado weaves a visual narrative that reflects on the passage between life, illness, and death. Using contrasts between darkness and light, he crafts an emotive and visceral experience. Immersed in historical references, the artist employs iconic elements from artistic tradition and religious syncretism to convey the fragility of human existence and the ceaseless quest for meaning.

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Galeria
Galería La Cometa
Esteban Jaramillo
Carrera 10 No. 94 A 25
+57 601 6019494
Juan Delgado
OKLAD IV (PÚRPURA), 2023
Resin and fiberglass
110 x 110 x 5 cm

Artist review

In Juan Delgado's extensive work, the possibilities of the represented image are explored through repetition and reiteration. Delgado reflects on memory and time, takes references from art history, turns his personal experience into broad concepts and seeks the symbolic power of materials and their evocative potential through media such as painting, sculpture, installation and architecture. It is complex to classify Delgado's work and exploration in a movement or current, as his wide technical and referential diversity is precisely the essence of his work. However, it is clear that it is possible to find in his work a concern for the image and its relationship with the viewer. For Delgado, the image is an extension of the past that alters the present and constitutes the raw material of his exploration, resulting in a work that moves between the limits of the sculptural and the pictorial. Another fundamental element in Delgado's artistic exploration is time. Memories, melancholy, evocation and its effects on memory appear frequently in his series. The ideas that give origin to his works are diverse: mathematics, literature, music, architecture, personal experiences, natural phenomena and abstract human concerns, and the tension between the present and the absent. All these elements are synthesized in his work, which often results in apparently simple pieces, but which approach materials in a symbolic way, enormously loaded with information.

About the artist
Juan Delgado
Ciprés , 2023
Resin, fiberglass and aluminum
110 x 30 x 24 cm

Artist review

In Juan Delgado's extensive work, the possibilities of the represented image are explored through repetition and reiteration. Delgado reflects on memory and time, takes references from art history, turns his personal experience into broad concepts and seeks the symbolic power of materials and their evocative potential through media such as painting, sculpture, installation and architecture. It is complex to classify Delgado's work and exploration in a movement or current, as his wide technical and referential diversity is precisely the essence of his work. However, it is clear that it is possible to find in his work a concern for the image and its relationship with the viewer. For Delgado, the image is an extension of the past that alters the present and constitutes the raw material of his exploration, resulting in a work that moves between the limits of the sculptural and the pictorial. Another fundamental element in Delgado's artistic exploration is time. Memories, melancholy, evocation and its effects on memory appear frequently in his series. The ideas that give origin to his works are diverse: mathematics, literature, music, architecture, personal experiences, natural phenomena and abstract human concerns, and the tension between the present and the absent. All these elements are synthesized in his work, which often results in apparently simple pieces, but which approach materials in a symbolic way, enormously loaded with information.

About the artist
Juan Delgado
OKD Blanco, 2023
Resin and fiberglass
70 x 147 x 5 cm

Artist review

In Juan Delgado's extensive work, the possibilities of the represented image are explored through repetition and reiteration. Delgado reflects on memory and time, takes references from art history, turns his personal experience into broad concepts and seeks the symbolic power of materials and their evocative potential through media such as painting, sculpture, installation and architecture. It is complex to classify Delgado's work and exploration in a movement or current, as his wide technical and referential diversity is precisely the essence of his work. However, it is clear that it is possible to find in his work a concern for the image and its relationship with the viewer. For Delgado, the image is an extension of the past that alters the present and constitutes the raw material of his exploration, resulting in a work that moves between the limits of the sculptural and the pictorial. Another fundamental element in Delgado's artistic exploration is time. Memories, melancholy, evocation and its effects on memory appear frequently in his series. The ideas that give origin to his works are diverse: mathematics, literature, music, architecture, personal experiences, natural phenomena and abstract human concerns, and the tension between the present and the absent. All these elements are synthesized in his work, which often results in apparently simple pieces, but which approach materials in a symbolic way, enormously loaded with information.

About the artist
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