2008 > mylar drawings

The Violence of Enlightment
mixed media on mylar
42 x 47 x 3 in
2008
Pornoramas I
mixed media on mylar
25 x 47 x 3 in
2008
Pornoramas II
mixed media on mylar
25 x 47 x 3 in
2008
Pornoramas III
mixed media on mylar
25 x 47 x 3 in
2008
Bananaphilias II
mixed media on mylar
20x20x2in/50x50x4cm
2008
Bananaphilias I
mixed media on mylar
20x20x2in/50x50x4cm
2008

The recent series of mylar drawings resemble quicksands, more so than drawings. Each drawing is composed of two juxtaposed mylar sheets drawn on each side, which converge together creating a multilayered landscape. The surface simultaneously deceives and reveals itself when the capricious gaze decides to caress its uneven surface as it attempts to swallow the spectator. Abstraction, figuration, desire and pornography camouflage themselves in a metaphorical panorama that is triggered solely through the gaze.

In the landscape painting tradition there has always been a distance between what is looked upon and what is portrayed. In this case, the landscape becomes internal, chaotic, portraying imaginary scenes around Banana Republics. The banana with its long, tragic and phallic history has been the pretext to explore memory, desire and the decorative distance between reality and fantasy.