Artist Information:
Santiago De Francisco Caballero
Bogota,
Colombia
Member Since: Apr 2003
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Artist Statement:
I started collecting artwork,
mostly from Latin American
artists, some twenty years
ago. By the end of 2001 I
started to wonder if I should
try my hand at doing my own
art and in January, 2003, I
embarked in the adventure. The
works displayed here are the
result.
On my birthday I received a
box of Ferrero Rocher
chocolates and I was taken by
the wrinkles in the gold
wrappings and how they changed
depending on how they were
positioned towards the light.
I immediately saw my first
work in my mind: "Ou sont les
Bombons". I became fascinated
by the idea of intervening
humble utilitarian materials
previously manipulated by
anonymous workers or
mechanically processed, in
order to give them some
permanence and turn them into
a meaningful plastic
experience. I then took wood
panels - an agglomerate of
pine shavings - from the boxes
in which the Japanese
suppliers of the factory I
work for in Colombia pack our
raw materials, and by
colouring the different
shavings that form the pattern
in the wood "Selva Gris" and
"Trópico de Un Capricornio"
became my next works.
"Una Pena de Amor" is a more
improvised work in which the
main element ...
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Santiago De Francisco Caballero's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Santiago De Francisco Caballero's Portfolio.
I started collecting artwork, mostly from Latin American artists, some twenty years ago. By the end of 2001 I started to wonder if I should try my hand at doing my own art and in January, 2003, I embarked in the adventure. The works displayed here are the result.
On my birthday I received a box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates and I was taken by the wrinkles in the gold wrappings and how they changed depending on how they were positioned towards the light. I immediately saw my first work in my mind: "Ou sont les Bombons". I became fascinated by the idea of intervening humble utilitarian materials previously manipulated by anonymous workers or mechanically processed, in order to give them some permanence and turn them into a meaningful plastic experience. I then took wood panels - an agglomerate of pine shavings - from the boxes in which the Japanese suppliers of the factory I work for in Colombia pack our raw materials, and by colouring the different shavings that form the pattern in the wood "Selva Gris" and "Trópico de Un Capricornio" became my next works.
"Una Pena de Amor" is a more improvised work in which the main element ... |
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