Mariano Benavente

My work investigates the narrative possibilities of painting and, at the same time, explores its own materiality: the manual work, the comings and goings, the modifications and regrets in the work with oil. I am interested in the fact that the work shows some concerns linked to the construction of images in which easily recognizable elements participate, but which mainly reveal my interest in exploring the resources of painting as a language. I propose to go in search of the motive from the physical and improvised gesture from which the pictorial image emerges.
The group of works I present deals with a genre that has been historically covered and updated, researched and re-interpreted, such as still life and flower painting. I am interested in the fact that the pieces that make up this group of works try out different scopes of the versatility and insistence that this genre continues to present in the field of painting and contemporary art. My main concerns, about time and history, the original and its versions, are revealed both in the content and in the work process, allowing me to suggest subtle narratives below the surface of the works.
It is important to me that the development of this practice reserves a central place for t...

Painting workshops with Víctor Davobe and Paulina Miguel.
Projects School with Augusto Zanela and Andrea Juan.
Work analysis with Tulio de Sagastizábal and Leila Tschopp,
Writing about work seminar with Silvia Gurfein.