Visual art styles Jorge de la Vega

1 visual art styles

1.1 formación
1.2 geometría
1.3 otra figuración
1.4 bestiario
1.5 pop

visual art styles

a brief @ different stylistic phases of de la vega s artwork throughout career (see below example paintings).

formación

1946-1952. “pinto sólo cuando tengo ganas. utilizo modelo, que me gusta dejar en libertad, para sorprenderlo en su gesto menos forzado. creo que, en pintura, el tema es sólo un pretexto para lo que uno quiere decir. (i paint when want to. use model, set free, in order catch him in gesture without being forced. believe, in painting, subject pretext want say.) - jorge de la vega.

this phase of de la vega s art first. consisted of portraiture , (as self-taught artist) first began exploring possible style himself after leaving prospective career in architecture. paintings in period used muted colors , featured close-up views of detailed human faces obvious emotions. stark contrast later figures; colorful beast-like creatures , satirical pop art images.

geometría

1953-1960. “poco poco, estructuré la imagen de manera cada vez más geométrica hasta llegar despojar mis obras de todo contacto con la realidad visual física, buscando encontrar nuevos modos de relaciones en el dominio de los colores, de las texturas y las formas. (gradually, structured image in increasingly geometric way strip down work of contact physical visual reality, seeking find new modes of relations in domain of colors, textures , forms.) - jorge de la vega.

these paintings characteristic of geometric abstraction movement influential on latin american art @ time. nothing phase political or made kind of statement de la vega s views (which later express more in other styles).

otra figuración

1960-1962. “no fui exactamente yo quien introdujo figuras humanas en mi pintura; creo que fueron ellas mismas las que me utilizaron para inventarse; no fue una imposición involuntaria sino un encuentro natural y ahora no podría prescindir de ellas sin sentir cercenada mi voluntad expresiva. (it not me introduced human figures in painting, think used me invent themselves, not involuntary imposition natural meeting , not without them without feeling expressive severed.) - jorge de la vega.

this phase characterized years of de la vega s work luis felipe noé, rómulo macció, , ernesto diera (see otra figuración section above). paintings in time informalist , colorful, , looked come bestario (bestiary) phase, without use of collage, assemblage, or frottage (styles incorporated in next phase).

bestiario

1963-1966. “quiero que mis obras choquen con el espectador con la misma intensidad con que chocan todas sus partes entre sí, por pequeñas que sean. una ficha de nácar sobre una mancha. un número junto una piedra. una bestia de oropel. una quimera de humo. (i want works collide viewer same intensity parts collide 1 another, small. sheet nacre on stain. number beside stone. beast of tinsel. chimera of smoke.) - jorge de la vega.

this style characterized use of nontraditional techniques such collage , assemblage create beastlike figures de la vega called esquizobestias (schizobeasts) or conflíctos anamórficos (anamorphic conflicts) . anamorphic, in case, means made unrecognizable distortion, unless viewed particular angle , , many of these bestiarios that. de la vega wanted viewing of these distorted paintings 1 sees in trick mirror. these paintings used glued, folded, , stretched fabrics , canvases, combined paint , small objects, used create frottage effect. technique allowed de la vega incorporate reality artworks, while still majorly exploring own fantasies. said style (in catalogue of 1963 di tella awards): want painting natural, without limitations or formulas, improvised in same way life, growing in places , doing whatever wants, if don t want to. goal never narrate history, using these real life objects connection reality, rather add them imagination.

pop

1966-1971. “los cambios me movilizan. en nueva york cambié la temática: adiós las figuras mitológicas y búsqueda del hombre. norteamérica es un mundo tan poderoso y artificial que por contraste el hombre adquiere relieve. (changes move me. in new york changed subject: goodbye mythological figures , man’s search. north america powerful , artificial world contrast man acquires relief.) - jorge de la vega.

upon moving united states several years in mid-1960s, de la vega influenced pop art movement in new york city. in phase, strayed dramatically usual figurative style , began attach faces television, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, , other forms of popular media fluidly deformed bodies entangled , intermeshed . phase showed de la vega s sense of humor, comical critique of consumer society.