Paisaje de VeranoInquire about availability
- Year
- 2011
- Technique
- Oil/Canvas
- Dimensions
- 60 × 200 cm
- Status
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Curatorial analysis
Curatorial analysis
The two-meter panoramic format operates here as a visual discharge field where the traditional notion of landscape bursts into pure chromatic energy. An incandescent solar yellow dominates the upper half of the canvas, unleashing a downpour of red and yellow splatters that surge like volcanic blasts or thermal ridges. Below, rolling green hills resolve into fluid planes and saturated washes, establishing an undulating horizon that anchors the violent collision between hurled paint and the luminous void of the background.
The key to the painting lies in the puzzling rectangular window bordered in cobalt blue, set toward the lower right quadrant. Within that contained insert, conceived almost as a painting within a painting, the scene reappears on a legible and tranquil scale: two slender palm trees, vermilion mounds, and a radiant sun dispersing its rays through a luminous web of tiny droplets and pointillist touches. The inclusion of this microcosm generates a deliberate friction between order and chaos, confronting the placidity of the tropical vignette with its expansive rupture across the broader surface.
This window operates as a generative core. The intimate, bounded landscape appears to have detonated, releasing its elemental components (the zenithal glow, the lush vegetation, and the fiery earth) toward the edges of the canvas through swift, uninhibited gestures. The contrast is not merely thematic but tactile, as the meticulousness contained within the inset converses with drips, aggressive splatters, and liquid areas where the oil behaves almost with the fluency of ink.
The surface discards any realistic restraint to seize the season's intensity through the vibration of pure primary and secondary hues. By suspending the gaze in constant oscillation between contemplative miniature and the surrounding gestural roar, the work turns summer's heat into a volcanic pulse of light and matter.
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- CamaronalInquire about availabilityLuis Chacón · 2014
- Arenal 2Inquire about availabilityLuis Chacón · 2018
- Cascada IInquire about availabilityLuis Chacón · 2019
- Cascada IIInquire about availabilityLuis Chacón · 2019
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