2014 | Acrylic on canvas | 72” x 104” (185cm x 265cm)
The character of absence. Space that occupies what is not there. Spanish designer and illustrator Isidro Ferrer said (in a memorable conversation) that, in graphic work, errors are the only element that humanizes the work. He explained that there are so many good tools to prevent failure, to show antiseptic, almost perfect work, and that the biggest challenge for a good illustrator is to make mistakes that sneak in his/her own production; a thousand times corrected by self-preserving software packages. This exhibition of Luciano Goizueta, titled Absence, leaves a feeling of open work which is not the same as gray work; nor is it the product of mistake. It is the result of a job that requires active looks to complete, complement and contain it. This participation of the observer is also the way in which Luciano humanizes his art object.
Absence is a reflection that is approached from three new series. The result of the artist's eye before his own absences and a frank review process for his work. The thread that leads to the discourse of absence is not seeking to omit and then show. On the contrary, it gives character to what is omitted. What is not there finds a dimension of object as strong as the rest.
In all thought, there is an extrapolation to what is absent from our lives: people who were our friends, siblings, or grandparents. Absences so tangible that they can almost be touched. A path parallel to the phantom limb syndrome.
Karina Salguero-Moya
2014 | Acrylic on Canvas | 47” x 70” (120cm x 180cm)
2019 | Acrylic on canvas | 47” x 59” (120cm x 150cm)
2019 | Acrylic on canas | 35” x 35” (90cm x 90cm)
2019 | Acrylic in canvas | 47” x 62” (120cm x 160cm)
2014 | Acrylic on Canvas | 64” x 96” (163cm x 244cm)
2014 | Acrylic on canvas | 47” x 66” (120cm x 168cm)
2017 | Acrylic on canvas | 55” x 43” (140cm x 110cm)
2015 | Acrylic on Canvas | 43” x 55” (110cm x 140cm)
2014 | time-lapse
Intervention on public billboards
2015 | Acrylic on Canvas | 55” x 44” (140cm x 112cm)
2015 | Acrylic on Canvas | 35” x 47” (90cm x 120cm)