© Armonia andina. Fernando Pomalaza
Fernando Pomalaza studied drawing and painting at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de la UNCP de Huancayo (the School of Fine Arts at UNCP at Huancayo), the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes de Lima (the National School of Fine Arts at Lima, Peru), the Art Students League, the New School of Social Research, and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York, USA. He has lived and worked in New York since 1978 and has participated in International Art Fairs and individual exhibitions in Perú, the United States, Europe, Australia, Japan, Singapore, and China. In his own words:
“I have been making collages since 1981, always experimenting and discovering new possibilities, mixing different materials in a spontaneous way. The colors, textures and artistic values of the pre-columbian cultures and popular art of my beloved Peru have a great influence on my collages. Collage allows me to express my inner world, my experiences and knowledge of the past and the present while envisioning the future.”
The artist introduces this series of collages thus:
“The collages which I share in this opportunity pay homage and recognition to my teachers who, at some juncture, freely offered me their friendship and shared their experience and knowledge without interest in personal gain – FOR THE LOVE OF ART. These works are for those who are no longer among us, but whose spirits live on in my memory and heart: Alejandro González (Apu Rimac, Escuela de Bellas Artes de la UNCP Huancayo, Perú), Carlos Galarza Aguilar (Escuela de Bellas Artes de la UNCP Huancayo, Perú), Hugo Orellana Bonilla (Escuela de Bellas Artes de La UNCP Huancayo, Perú), Miguel Ángel Cuadros (Escuela Nacional Superior de Bellas Artes de Lima), Leo Manso (The New School of Social Research New York), Sidney Simon (The Art Students League of New York), Robert Blackburn (Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop New York). FOR THE LOVE OF ART is a series of collages in a small format (mixed media) which uses acrylic as a medium for fusion and preservation, along with materials that have been found and gathered from the city’s streets and walls. The pieces in the series are essays in collage form, an expression of a visual poetic; of a dialogue with the materials, a search for and reaffirmation in art and life- Trying to find sense in the era of cultural whirlwind in which we live.”
New York, January 18, 2017
© Ojo de Puma. Fernando Pomalaza
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