David Granados
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David Granados STATEMENT David Granados works with fragments of very concrete reality which he reorganizes within a certain construction. The partial deconstruction of the materials is needed to obtain a new image construction and so reinvent reality. The final form of the collage is not only dictated by coincidence. Indeed, every step in this rebuilding involves a degree of mutilation. Every piece, scrap or shred constitutes to some extent a scar, an offense to the original materials. But this mutilation is at the same time constructive. Moreover, different time moments come to a new unity: the memory of the moments that the original materials were made and the time when images of the originals were reused in the creation of a new image construction. The original materials seem to have no relation to art. But these seemingly art-less materials as magazine, posters, discarded materials, etc. become elements within an alternative and complement to the traditional painting techniques, which are also integral parts of the art work. That’s the reason these collages are “painterly collages”. The painterly vision prevails in the new image. The final creation can only be explained through the kinship with the traditional painter’s view. All the components are used in a “balanced” way: certain jammers break through the originally unbalanced composition of the fragments of destructed materials. BIO David Granados (b. 1985, El Salvador) groups exhibitions include: Showcase painting 2 bachelor Ghent , Belgium (2008), Canvascollectie, Bozar, Brussels (2008) He was shortlisted for Contemporary Visions, Beers.Lambert, London (2012), forthcoming solo exhibition, CJK, Ghent (2012). His work is published in Catalogue De Canvascollectie; uw kunst in beeld, 2008, pg. 120, Lannoo, The publication on the occasion of KASKweek 2010, The graduate show (KASK), June 2010, pg. 44, Design for the cover of the book Wegwijs in kennis, een praktijkgerichte inleiding tot de informatiewetenschap, Rik Verhaaren, 2010, Acco Leuven/Den Haag, He has Internship experience at Umberto Squarcia Designs Inc, New York, USA (2009), Internship at De Garage, Mechelen, Belgium (2010) He is a 2010 painting master graduate from Ghent’s Royal Academy of Fine Art (kask). He lives and works in Ghent, Belgium ARTIST CONTACT [click to email] IMAGES
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