Nascimento de Afriodite (2008) Pittura da Antonio Vargas

I was born in Brasil, estudied in Spain e do exhibitions in several countries. For many years the theme of violence and sex emerged in my work and, except in some periods of greater formal experimentalisms, this theme has been constant to this day. Over time, more and more, I have been exploring aesthetic strategies so that both themes can be perceived only in the background of the observer's gaze when they are, in fact, always in forefront. On the images produced by me the appropriation and manipulation of digital images picked up via the internet is the way to build a new art works where violence and sex are present but hidden. Sometimes I do this with the use of strong colors, with a POP aesthetic, others by hiding the theme amid an abstract or romantic appearance. I believe that these strategies of concealment of themes, as a paradox as it may seem, are necessary to give conceptual consistency to the art work.

• Nazionalità: BRASILE
• Data di nascita : 1961
• Domini artistici: Opere di artisti professionisti,
• Gruppi: Artista professionista Artisti Brasiliani Contemporanei