Eugenio Espinoza
Bio
He lived in New York where he studied at Pratt Institute, New York University, and the School of Visual Arts. In 1972, Eugenio Espinoza exhibited cut and folded canvases at the Museo de Bellas Artes and his Impenetrable at Ateneo de Caracas. His work is in the permanent collections of Tate Modern, London; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Perez Art Museum Miami, and several other prestigious private and corporate collections. Espinoza was born in 1950, in San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela.
Statement
"My work began as a departure and reaction to geometrical and kinetic art that had become the mainstream in Latin America. It was very important for me to have found the grid then, a structure that is so simple and emblematic. When I began to use the idea of the grid, I approached geometry with an irreverent attitude filled with some sort of humor; I folded, stretched and cut the form. Then like now, I feel free to use any material. I want to be free for individuality or authenticity."
