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DiaporamaRetratos de familia [Family portraits]
Contemporary Abstract
2020
150.0 x 150.0 cm
Patricio Escobedo (1967 –)
Argentine artist Patricio Escobedo blends graphic design & calligraphy in evocative portraits & abstract works. Explore his Rosario-based art at ArtsDot.
I wanted to do something about my family. Portraits? Is portrait still a revisitable genre? Are genres relevant? Calligrams? Is there any poetic connection between our name and our image? Does the name that we were assigned define us, condition, condemn us? Is a name a clue for something else, or is it the thing itself? The names of my family were typed in Helvetica bold, capital letters, 400pt. The letters of each name detached from their linearity and juxtaposed, forming black, opaque blocks. Small displacements discovered eyes, mouths, noses, ears, hair, and necks. From each name, a possible avatar appeared. Finally, they were removed from their digital condition to be reinserted in the typography tradition: the stamp of a plate on a paper using a press. The resulting copies are the ones that compose the portraits of the names of this family.
About this artwork
- Title: Retratos de familia [Family portraits]
- Artist: Patricio Escobedo
- Year: 2020
- Original dimensions: 150.0 x 150.0 cm
- Format: Square
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Color palette: Pastels
- Main color: White
- Keywords: digital art portraits , "bold typography art" , argentina art”
- Color hue: Green to Violet Spectrum
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