Manuel Hernandez
Bogota, DC, Colombia
Artist's Statement: Probably the most difficult thing is to have the certainty of who one is. Eve...
About the artist
Manuel Hernandez
Joined In 2019
(1 Follower)
About the artist
Manuel Hernandez
Joined In 2019
(1 Follower)
ABOUT
EDUCATION
EXHIBITIONS
Artist's Statement:
Probably the most difficult thing is to have the certainty of who one is. Even today it’s an arduous task to define myself, especially when one conjugates several contradictions that break with the idea of having a specific north. In this context, an artist statement is a short-sighted work that may be incomplete. I can commit the injustice of leaving aside aspects, obviating them unconsciously.
The Overview effect is a phenomenon that astronauts experience when going out into outer space and observing the planet earth in its entirety; they notice a cognitive change of consciousness in which they see the disappearance of borders and the need to create a global society in peace. Carl Sagan’s thoughts on the Pale Blue Dot photography points in that direction.
A group of blind men comes across an elephant and when trying to decipher it’s physical nature, they each touch a different part of the animal. The result is an erroneous notion of the pachyderm to believe that it’s a trunk, legs or a tail. The Indian parable of the blind and the elephant illustrates that subjective vision that can only be overcome when the different points of view manage to reconcile in a great total vision; back to observe the whole ...
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bachelor of Fine Arts.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019. Chili Art Gallery. Mantra. Athens, Greece 2016. SGR Gallery. The Sense of Things. Bogotá, Colombia 2011. Estanislao Zuleta Cultural Corporation. My mind is my hell. Medellín, Colombia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2019. 45SNA (45th National Artists Salon). Bogotá, Colombia 2018. Commission Work. Mariott Hotel- Santa Marta, Colombia
2018. La Bellevilloise -Festival l’autre Amérique Latine. Paris, France 2017. Aegis Building. Open Studio Exhibition- Johannesburg, South Africa
2017. SGR Gallery. Water as a vehicle of psychedelia. Bogotá, Colombia
2016. Odeón. Contemporary Art Fair. Bogotá, Colombia. 2016. SGR Gallery. Pre-recorded Laughs. Bogotá, Colombia.
2014. Odeón. Contemporary Art Fair. Bogotá, Colombia.
2012. Espacio Moebius. C_ZINE, show of Colombian fanzines. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010. Atrium, IDB Headquarters. 80 years – Javeriana in the Arts. Washington D.C.
2010. The Warehouse Art Gallery. Unidad Once – Drawing Show. Bogotá, Colombia.