ERNESTO CÁNOVAS – ALIENATION PEACE
2015-09-14The title of the exhibition, “Alienation Peace” goes well with our time …
Cánovas develops the themes and techniques he explored in his previous solo exhibitions and demonstrates once again his artistic virtuosity.
His works are highly elegant paintings, as well as glamorous wall-objects.
At first they could remember us glazed ceramic tiles – Cánovas may be culturally influenced by the noble and traditional Iberian – Moorish tile art – before we detect the wood or the aluminium base, of wich the artist uses the textures as abstract patterns or glossy surfaces for his pictorial design.
Cánovas subjects relate to modern history, they are social critic to classy or romantic, his mode of expression is contemporary and belong manly to pop art.
He collects and selects photographs from “all-round sources”, and after he subtly manipulated them virtual, he prints them with a self-elaborated artisanal technique.
By applying alternating layers of resin, painting processes and well-reflected cutouts, the photos become transformed, the subjects gradually anonymised and generalised and also sometimes get completly abstract.
In this way, his works acquire a very strong symbolic power and a visionary quality, they are ahead of the times and belong to the day after tomorrow.
Opposite – Mountain frame, 2015
Exhibition runs through to November 13th, 2015
Ambacher Contemporary
Lothstraße 78a
80799 Munich
Germany
