other expression:“ informal merchant”; in moments of self-aggrandizement, I like to think of myself as an informal physicist.
I’ m also fascinated by the ability of images to be ambiguous, contradictory, their ability to inflame, and their destructibility; the way they can tell a tale and keep a secret at the same time. Also, there is this beauty that arises from a drawing that is incomplete. All of this is why drawing is so central to my creative output. And even though several different subjects populate my drawings, there are some things they all have in common. Technically speaking they are all figurative and, to a point, realistic. There is also a constant interplay between very solid figures, almost petrified by the amount of graphite, and areas of paper left blank. Subject-wise, they almost invariably depict either characters or scenes that contain a restrained darkness, which is partially hidden behind a façade of“ prettiness”. And I usually choose subjects where opposites touch: the violent with the ridiculous; the painstaking with the destructive; the detailed with the anonymous; truth with fabrication. In addition to this, I can’ t stop myself from hiding
Ladrón roba ladrón, 2010-2011
secrets within the pictures I produce: little details that elaborate on the narrative that underlies the image; sometimes minute metaphors, or jokes. As I said earlier, I like images that demand meticulous observation.
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