Rafael Rangel
Bio
Is a Venezuelan-American artist. Through sculpture, photography and painting, Rafael investigates in how the visual language established by industries affect our life and how we identify with it to a point that it becomes implicit . Rangel ́s work has been shown at Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas. Interoceanico del Canal de Panama and Coral Gables Museum. He received the Perez Mujica Award from the 66 Bienal Salon Arturo Michelena, and The Circle Award of Excellence from Pratt Institute.
Statement
Free drawing and resting position is a very popular phrase in preschoolers of the 80s. After each activity, the teacher would tell us: You can do free drawing or resting position. For me, that was the most anticipated part of the day. There was no particular end, it was the only activity that did not pretend to achieve any result, it simply was. This body of work is based on that. It is directed towards the most basic, essential and most primitive of drawing and painting.
Additional information
Oil paint, chalk, oil stick and spray paint monotypes on canvas
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
