experience would be if you were standing in person before the screen whether the screen is a large floor upon which you walk or a wall before which you stand. It will also give you framework for better understanding the range and iterative development of works which comprise Chevalier’s oeuvre. Hopefully, through this context, you, the reader, might better appreciate the influences Miguel experienced and responded to, the breakthroughs he achieved using various improvements in technology, and the interpretations various scholars place upon his work. It has been quite a ride, resulting in quite a career.
Origins
It seems as though it was Chevalier’s destiny to
become an artist. How this became so could be a story unto itself, until one understands the experience that first brought him into contact with many intellectuals of the time.
As Miguel tells it:
I spent my childhood in Mexico, where my father, an academic, was writing his thesis on Latin American history. During that time, my parents met people from all creative intellectual circles. The great muralist artists, such as David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera, regularly came to our house in Tepoztlán. Luis Buñuel, who was a political refugee at the time, spoke to us of Surrealism. He projected for us his very famous film, Un Chien Andalou, which made a big impression on me.
Opposite Above:
Chevalier's Studio
Photo Courtesy of:
Miguel Chevalier
Opposite Below:
Photos Courtesy of:
WPW
Right:
Solo exhibition Digital Abysses, Aqua Planet, Jeju Island (South Korea)
Installations composed by mixed-media artworks
Variable size
Until 6th of November 2022
Organisation:
Hanwha
and
Ara Art Center
(Seoul)
Credit: Miguel Chevalier
Film by Thomas Granovsky
https://vimeo.com/665162239
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