Ana Mercedes Hoyos
Bio
Ana Mercedes Hoyos (Bogotá 1942- 2014)
Was a Colombian painter, sculptor and a pioneer in modern art in the country. In her half-century of artistic works, she garnered over seventeen awards of national and international recognition. Beginning her career in a Pop Art style which moved towards abstract, her trajectory moved toward cubism and realism as she explored light, color, sensuality and the bounty of her surroundings. Her reinterpretations of master painters led her to an exploration of Colombian multiculturalism, and her later works focused on Afro-Colombian and mestizo heritage within the Colombian landscape.
By the mid-1970s Hoyos' series Atmósferas (Atmospheres) breaks through the window and the images explore the unfettered expanse of light, abandoning the frame entirely.Painting with alternating layers of various colors with each followed by a white layer, she explored the depths of color focused in light.
Statement
En este grabado, las niñas se disponen a iniciar el desfile hacia el templo. Pueden tener unos doce años. Espigadas. La artista las contempla, en la fila, desde atrás. Van vestidas con trajes cortos, de colores pálidos, con moños y lazos en peinados con trenzas. Todo un ritual sagrado para ese pueblo. La sensación es de expectativa. Un trabajo inigualable. Un asunto de querubines y serafines. Para coger con guantes blancos.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
