Jose Luis Carranza
THE CELEBRATION OF THE ASHES
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Carranza, Lima, 1981, graduated in 2006 from the National Autonomous School of Fine Arts of Peru, specializing in academic training as an artist in the specialties of painting and drawing. This exhibition of paintings by Carranza consists of a set of 10 works worked in oil on canvas of medium and large format, in which reference to force, imposition, fragmentation, chaos, between men in and with nature, is evidenced, in grandiloquent compositions that must be looked at with the eyes wide open, as he somehow points out with his characters. THE CELEBRATION OF THE ASHES. “...It is increasingly difficult to distinguish what happens in each scene: the characters, -although interwoven with each other- in addition to showing that they are experiencing visions caused by different disorders and torments, wear outfits that indicate that they also come from different eras: biblical-like characters, centurions, naturalists as well as modern executioners and their victims, look confined in that lustful quagmire that constitutes the primary location of the pictorial imaginary of Jose Luis Carranza.
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WORKS
Golconda
2019 Oil on linen 150 x 180 cm
Lázaro Nacido
2019 Oil on linen 150 cm
ARTISTS
Jose Luis Carranza
(b. 1981, Lima, Perú) Jose Luis Carranza trabaja largas y estrictas horas, con jornadas laborales que varían de 2 a 16 horas, dependiendo de la intensidad requerida para satisfacer la necesidad instintiva que impulsa su práctica. Completó sus estudios artísticos en una época en la que se creía que un artista debía ‘justificar’ sus ideas, lo cual ahora busca destruir con su obra. No disfruta de la pintura, ni obtiene placer de ella, pero la necesidad de controlar su angustia a través del proceso creativo es mayor que la carga que le causa la pintura. El artista trabaja de manera espontánea, evocando recuerdos de su infancia y los primeros contactos con experiencias de vida. A pesar de la fuerte imaginería surrealista de su obra, Carranza no busca crear un mundo imaginario, en sus propias palabras lo describe así: “No escapo de la realidad, al contrario, me muevo paralelamente a ella”. Carranza ha tenido más de una docena de exposiciones individuales, siendo las más recientes “Historia Natural” en 2017 y “La celebración de las cenizas” en 2019 en Enlace Art Gallery, Lima, Perú.
Artemisia 2019
Oil on linen
180 x 150 cm
Golconda 2019
Oil on linen
150 x 180 cm
Lázaro Nacido 2019
Oil on linen
150 cm