Please come join us at La Petite Mort Gallery on Friday, March 30, from 7 - 10pm, for an exhibit of New Works on Paper by Victor Manuel Hernandez Castillo, entitled "Mitographies Interieures".This exhibit is for One Night Only, and the artist will be joining us in person for this special event, all the way from Mexico City, in collaboration with the Mexican Embassy.
Artist Statement:
The process showed in my graphics, which involves concepts as web as techniques, is to compare with traveling, where image and play are current issues. This process also includes the formal lines which gives structure in space and form to each one of my works. When I talk about image and play I am thus pointing to an animic and emotional impulse which brings us a graphic script undoubtedly related with poetry
My graphic creations have a metaphoric meaning, thus in my opinion, it is very important to the observer to make his/her own interpretation and own narrative. In some cases these might become anecdote. Under the rules of grotesque esthetic I emphasize too much on ironic and hilarious fantasies where humans share their beings with animals, creating hybrid forms; thus we talk about anthropomorphous animals, imaginary beasts, animals and fantastic cross breeding which build up various poetic visual metaphors.
Expressiveness in graphic figures is obtained throughout metal engraving and it comes to its most capacity of expression due to the character and speed of the line. In Xilography the different amounts of black and white spots are handled with spontaneity creating the expression of gesture.
Finally, my current work are close to the oneiric productions which are far away from the limits of human logic". Victor Manuel Hernandez, 2007
Victor Hernández Castillo, who lives and works in Mexico City, is a printmaker who specializes in large etchings and linocuts. He was trained at the National School of Plastic Arts in Mexico with further studies in Poland and France. He has presented solo exhibitions in Poland and Mexico and has also exhibited his work in groups shows in those 2 countries as well as Canada, Cuba, Norway, Japan, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy and the Czech Republic. He was awarded the Jean Claude Bergeron Gallery Purchase Award in OSA's First International Miniature Print Exhibition in April. Mr. Castillo's provocative and emotional work is based in the traditions and aesthetics of grotesque art .
Thank you,
Guy Berube, director / La Petite Mort Gallery / 306 Cumberland / Ottawa / 613.860.1555 / www.lapetitemortgallery.com
