Eduardo Stupía
Eduardo Stupía (b.Argentina, 1951) draws paintings, or paints drawings. His works display the incredibly obsessive quality seen more clearly in some of his earlier works, which display a comic book style, yet the later work flows out of a looser energy based on a powerful bodily expression.
Victoria Verlichak comments that "at a later stage, Stupía relinquished texts and embarked on a process of miniaturization in the representation of objects and personages, which became increasingly labyrinthine and indiscernible. He developed an oeuvre inhabited by enigmatic presences of uncertain meaning, detached from vogues and the different "isms". The traces give the impression of being an intimate calligraphy expanding in size to become a series of inspired gestures.."
Peerless in his time, Stupía has worked ceaselessly developing his intimate style throughout 70s and 80s to the present day. He gives the impression of a man that was inspired young by an artistic family and has never left his studio. His work is self-referential, developed, telling a history of its time that also speaks in subjective terms. However, he has been incredibly influential to younger artists, and is considered a cult figure in Argentine art.
"The viewer will not be able to recognize any distinct meaning in these works, which, however, summon to think about sound and fury, the silence and quiet of unexpected landscapes, real or invented; landscapes of the soul" explains Verlichak, highlighting the tour-de-force which embodies Stupía's impact and voice.
Copyright Maria Tidball-Binz, Lodeveans Collection
Shown by
Jorge Mara la Ruche Gallery, Buenos Aires
Victoria Verlichak comments that "at a later stage, Stupía relinquished texts and embarked on a process of miniaturization in the representation of objects and personages, which became increasingly labyrinthine and indiscernible. He developed an oeuvre inhabited by enigmatic presences of uncertain meaning, detached from vogues and the different "isms". The traces give the impression of being an intimate calligraphy expanding in size to become a series of inspired gestures.."
Peerless in his time, Stupía has worked ceaselessly developing his intimate style throughout 70s and 80s to the present day. He gives the impression of a man that was inspired young by an artistic family and has never left his studio. His work is self-referential, developed, telling a history of its time that also speaks in subjective terms. However, he has been incredibly influential to younger artists, and is considered a cult figure in Argentine art.
"The viewer will not be able to recognize any distinct meaning in these works, which, however, summon to think about sound and fury, the silence and quiet of unexpected landscapes, real or invented; landscapes of the soul" explains Verlichak, highlighting the tour-de-force which embodies Stupía's impact and voice.
Copyright Maria Tidball-Binz, Lodeveans Collection
Shown by
Jorge Mara la Ruche Gallery, Buenos Aires
