Edwin Monsalve
Bio
Edwin Monsalve (Medellín,1984) is degree in Visual Arts from the University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. He was awarded the EFG Collection/ARTNexus prize to the young Latin American artist 2017 and prize at the IV Bienal Alzate Avendaño de Bogotá, 2016. His work is represented in collections such as the Museo de Antioquia, Colombia; the Museo del Banco de la República de Bogotá, Colombia; EFG Bank, Miami.
Statement
In his work the resemblance between the real and the simulated becomes a wink to the spectator to destabilize the recognizable. Monsalve exposes the dichotomies that underlie concepts such as space, territory, landscape, environment. The use of vegetable and mineral materials such as coal and petroleum is a constant in his work in addition to raw materials such as gold, silver and copper to which the artist gives new readings and meanings beyond their industrial uses and commercial.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
