This is a drawing commissioned by my dear friend @arqanaceflores, a Venezuelan architect who’s main area of specialization is accessibility for disable people in urban areas and public spaces.
I love to take this kind of work because of the complexity and the challenge it represents, it takes me several hours negotiating with the composition, the technique and the limitations I impose on myself, without compromising the message and legibility.
To celebrate being a father I have to first celebrate those who have made me the father I am today.
My own dad who is now resting and who gave me the most profound and lasting lessons on how to be a caring, loving, unconditional and dedicated father. I feel so fortunate to have learned from the very best.
To my two beautiful kids who are the most beautiful, amazing and loving creatures any father could ask, every time they call me “dad” I can literally feel my heart drop and my face lights up with pride and gratitude.
This day is dedicated to them.
On May 18th 2019 was the Opening of the collective exhibition “Connecting Dots”, organized and curated by a collaboration between Sino-Architecture, NSHSG, Elevate Art, Hush Hush, and Shanghai Madness Creative Collective, using the Shanghai Sketch Group in WeChat as a main platform for promotion, submission and selection.
I was selected to participate in this exhibition along other 42 highly talented artists, some of them were showing their work for the first time as some other artist have a more extensive trajectory.
The three pieces I submitted belong to a series of drawings called Venus I created back in 2017, inspired in the female figure going through the process of pregnancy as a tribute to all women who feel unattractive while going through this difficult yet beautiful period.
Although I produced these pieces a while ago I haven’t been able to show them in an exhibition before, that is due to their suggestive content and the restrictions and prohibitions the Chinese government impose on the diffusion of material that could be perceived and pornographic, erotic or simply offensive, regardless of the media. It is not easy to find a platform that would dare to show this kind of work.
The exercise consists on fitting the female figure in an specific shape with a meaningful posture and gesture using a single continuous line
MUNDOSANTO 