Inner gallows
Mario Gonzalez
Inner gallows, 2020
Acrylic and synthetic enamel on canvas
21 7/10 × 13 4/5 in
55 × 35 cm
Hand-signed by artist
Certificate of authenticity included
Frame Not included
"In a way, when I start a play, it's like I start a journey. A journey that explores my past, history and the subconscious, and that is when, starting with the first stroke or the first stain, everything that I have inside materializes on the surface of the support In a state almost of ecstasy and meditation at the same time, the individual idea arises that is generalized until the entire composition is finished. My creations in my view are very symbolic. There are few elements in it that are not related to the conceptual discourse of what I represent. In short: every image or every symbol means something. Hence my obsession with details, sometimes unleashing an almost baroque composition of space. The origin of things has a latent meaning in me. This is how my inspiration arises in the world of childhood or aboriginal art (as a representation of the origin of man), in abstract symbols k simulate cells (origin of life), the wheel (origin of civilization. I also resort to the hands of the clock. again the wheel, the moon, symbolizing the acids of time and life. The passage of time, nostalgia, pain, disturbing and perhaps bitter elements, I oppose them as enigmas in a graceful environment of apparent calm. Figures innocent in appearance , but with a world that is sometimes heartbreaking and enigmatic, my characters are I exploit all techniques, sometimes using unconventional materials until reaching the desired point of maximum expression."
Brian Sanchez