LandE scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
Daniel Agra
Lives and works in La Coruña , Spain
An artist ' s statement
F rom an early age I have been attracted to exhibitions and books of painting , photography and art in general , although my first real experience with photography began at the age of 20 , when , with my first savings I bought my reflex camera . Always on a personal and self-taught level , I began to explore this universe passing through different stages , including one in 2005 , but by circumstances I decided to stop for some time . In 2010 I felt that I could contribute something more , it was then when my personal environment knowing what I had done , I was convinced to make known my work .
For me photography is a language of its own , a personal perspective with thematic diversity . My preference is nature , urban environments , anything conceptual but above all I try to tell stories , portray ideas that come into my head , look for images to questions , beliefs , thoughts that I pose , and lastly develop concepts through photography .
Abyssurbs
Reasonably big territory , densely occupied by living , sentient beings and crowded architecture that humans build their lives around , according to a social and economic structure , as well as their cultural activity . A sometimes hypocritical , false and reprehensible anthill where our so called daily deeds actually turn it into an abyss of the human condition , perpetuating the lack of a sensible side , of all that makes us close to each other , everything that is warm , good-natured and , in some cases , even depriving us from our individuality ... nobody looks at you in the eye anymore ... thousand of beings living together in solitude ...
Asimetrías Urbanas
A geometric urban vision that rises up through discordant development , creating spaces of apparent chaos and random growth , that in themselves generate a sense of non harmonious misshapenness , a lack of proportion and balance , resulting in fascinating symmetry .
El Jardín de Entelequia
Both what is synthetic and artificial is omnipresent in our daily lives and has devastating effects among us and the ecosystem , its consequences last thousands of years before they disappear … why not imagine nature ’ s rebellion … why not imagine the transmutation of matter .
The garden of Entelechy is the prelude of the metamorphosis that contradicts the laws of nature . What once was inert begins a journey whose final destination is its existence as a living being .