April 21 - 23, 2023
A program of Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
A cultural program of:
April 21 - 23, 2023
A program of Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
A cultural program of:
For this edition of Artbo Fin de semana, Sketch will present the individual exhibition of the artist Adriana Rosell: This project adopts terminology and aesthetic resources from schemes and graphics used in the explanations of meteorological phenomena with the purpose of linking them and creating analogies that present new narratives. The artistic proposal combines the visual and theoretical universe of meteorology with emotional and psychological states.
There is a convergence ITCZ* between meteorological phenomena and emotional states and circumstances of human life associated with invisible atmospheric processes, such as the wind, or visible ones, such as clouds. It is possible to read and create relationships between the phenomena that occur in the psyche, invisible, or in the body, visible, in the same way that meteorological phenomena are read. Based on the above, for example, it can be suggested that there are, or one experiences, periods of calm, The Doldrums*, with light winds or absence of wind - stillness. Perhaps [Atmospheric] Stability will be the resistance [of the air] to move [vertically in the atmosphere]? or due to the result of friction with the surface or the context that decreases intention, speed [of the wind] and changes its direction. The flow is affected. A kind of self-help not astral but meteorological. Intertropical Convergence Zone **The Doldrums or Equatorial Calms
SKETCH gallery opened its doors in Bogotá in 2013 in San Felipe Art District, acting as a platform and exhibition space for emerging contemporary art. Today, all forms of art have expanded and drawing has become a fundamental and autonomous art form. Our interest lies in investigating the relationship(s) that can be constructed between drawing and other media and so think about the expanded nature of a SKETCH. The gallery has more than 200 square meters of exhibition space as well as a rooftop designed for site-specific works and outdoor activities.
"Adriana Rosell's paintings, by the Colombian-Venezuelan artist, offer an interesting reflection on territory as a theme of identity. She, like many other young artists, focuses her eye and interest on natural spaces, crafting her own landscape to continue raising questions about the ground we inhabit, how foreign or familiar it is, how wild, how different after the scars. Rosell's method of work is intriguing to many. She starts with expeditions, visiting natural landscapes where she takes photos from various perspectives. She then selects an image and turns it into the raw material for one of her paintings, most of which are acrylic on paper. The photograph ceases to be a mere reflection of reality and, through drawing, colors, and brushstrokes, transforms into an intimate vision, a territory that invites us to contemplate history and the present. The results of these territorial interventions lean towards abstraction, one of the most outstanding aspects of this artist's work. Her paintings tell us that the landscape, our world around us, is not merely what we see. It's much more. It's a spiritual experience. Incomprehensible. It's what we fail to grasp with our eyes, the memory that the mountain, the river, or the valley hides, and somehow defines us." De Frono, Juan (2023). La balsa verdidorada casi roja. Fucsia, pg 70 – 73.
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