Cesar Llamas

CESAR LLAMAS, New York City- based artist with multi-faceted discipline in painting, sculpture, multi-media, photography, video and installation arts.
He has participated in numerous art exhibitions since the early 80's throughout Asia, Europe, Australia and the United States.
Currently exhibiting "NEW YORK CITY ROADKILLS" at one of the historical locations in N.Y.C. With this series, Cesar Llamas is making a ground-breaking turning point in his development as an artist, as he makes the transformation from classical to abstract/futuristic expressions







from left: Cesar Llamas and Chuck Close

photo credit: Manuel Laqui, new york city

At first glance, the art series New York City Roadkill 2006 could be about recycling consumer waste. The compositions consist of images of flattened containers; coffee cups, water bottles, beer and soda cans. We identify the brand by label color and familiar graphic text.
The artist Cesar Llamas is inviting the viewer to look beyond mere identification, to explore the shiny, twisted metal, to muse upon color plastics, dirty glass and wrinkled cardboard.
This series communicates many ideas about consumption and consumerism, usefulness a...