Eduardo Cervantes
Eduardo Cervantes has created a large series of equally sized
monochromatic paintings. He is working simultaneously within two
imaginative views titled "The Keraunothnatophobias" and the
"Multispectral Plain".
Keraunothnetophobias-is the contraction of three Greek words
(Keraunos: Thunderbolts, Thanatos: Death, Phobos: Fear) used to
describe a fear of satellites falling to earth; an irrational anxiety
with an almost impossible likelihood of happening. In the
Keraunothnatophobias series, Cervantes creates a chaotic environment
of postmodern architecture; a merging of what looks reminiscent of
radar antennas, nuclear facilities and power plants. In the words of
the artist: "refuges for an imminent collapse of a manmade satellite".
These forgotten dysfunctional carcasses of space-junk pierce the
atmosphere and appear as the remains from a now defunct mechanical
era.
Cervantes's drawings are part of a series of gathered images in an
attempt to craft an ultimate visual experience. The works are a
collection of unsystematic iconographies and arbitrary subjects,
juxtaposed with reoccurring elements of composition. Physics and
mechanics, astronomy and landscape, architecture and science fiction
along with political and religious paraphernalia all collapse within a
chain as an ever-growing vocabulary. These pieces without a linear
narrative can be puzzling and lack a certain logical connectivity. Yet
they reveal unexpected associations and share an atmosphere of
fragmentation, multiplicity and material struggle.
Eduardo Cervantes was born in 1966 in Mexico, and now lives and works
in Brooklyn, New York since 2000. Cervantes studied art History at the
Instituto Cultural Cabanas (1988-90) in Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico. He
received his BA at -Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas-National
School of Visual Arts in Mexico City and was later awarded a grant by
FONCA-National Foundation for the Culture and the Arts in Mexico City
(1993-94).
Copyright Heskin Contemporary
Shown By
Heskin Contemporary, New York
KBK Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City
monochromatic paintings. He is working simultaneously within two
imaginative views titled "The Keraunothnatophobias" and the
"Multispectral Plain".
Keraunothnetophobias-is the contraction of three Greek words
(Keraunos: Thunderbolts, Thanatos: Death, Phobos: Fear) used to
describe a fear of satellites falling to earth; an irrational anxiety
with an almost impossible likelihood of happening. In the
Keraunothnatophobias series, Cervantes creates a chaotic environment
of postmodern architecture; a merging of what looks reminiscent of
radar antennas, nuclear facilities and power plants. In the words of
the artist: "refuges for an imminent collapse of a manmade satellite".
These forgotten dysfunctional carcasses of space-junk pierce the
atmosphere and appear as the remains from a now defunct mechanical
era.
Cervantes's drawings are part of a series of gathered images in an
attempt to craft an ultimate visual experience. The works are a
collection of unsystematic iconographies and arbitrary subjects,
juxtaposed with reoccurring elements of composition. Physics and
mechanics, astronomy and landscape, architecture and science fiction
along with political and religious paraphernalia all collapse within a
chain as an ever-growing vocabulary. These pieces without a linear
narrative can be puzzling and lack a certain logical connectivity. Yet
they reveal unexpected associations and share an atmosphere of
fragmentation, multiplicity and material struggle.
Eduardo Cervantes was born in 1966 in Mexico, and now lives and works
in Brooklyn, New York since 2000. Cervantes studied art History at the
Instituto Cultural Cabanas (1988-90) in Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico. He
received his BA at -Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas-National
School of Visual Arts in Mexico City and was later awarded a grant by
FONCA-National Foundation for the Culture and the Arts in Mexico City
(1993-94).
Copyright Heskin Contemporary
Shown By
Heskin Contemporary, New York
KBK Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City
