my mistake Photograph - Limited Edition of 50

My mistake. photoapropriation. For many years the theme of violence and sex emerged in my work and, except in some periods of greater formal experimentalisms, this theme has been constant to this day. Over time, more and more, I have been exploring aesthetic strategies so that both themes can be perceived only in the background of the observer's gaze when they are, in fact, always in forefront. On the images produced by me the appropriation and manipulation of digital images picked up via the internet is the way to build a new art works where violence and sex are present but hidden. Sometimes I do this with the use of strong colors, with a POP aesthetic, others by hiding the theme amid an abstract or romantic appearance. I believe that these strategies of concealment of themes, as a paradox as it may seem, are necessary to give conceptual consistency to the art work. The first is related to the discussions and speeches that these themes produce in those exposed to my work. As we know, sex and violence are not human cultural creations because they belong to nature, but what are cultural creations are the speeches that the human being uses to justify the practices of sex and violence that it performs. As a consequence, when the observer perceives one or both of these themes in my work they always express an opinion that reveals very much of the cultural values they have. In other words, the observer comes out of a passive and comfortable position and reveals themselves. They become active, exposing themselves, building, and adding to the various meanings of the work.