Constelaciones (2013) Painting by Orlando Alandia

I consider art to be a way of reflecting on the world. The creative process and the production of the work itself join into one. The result does not depend on a certain end result or a goal. In the end, the work results to be a consequence and a practice. Abstract painting is, for me, related to poetry in its evocative power. It begins with an encounter with sensations rather than images. Color becomes a metaphor that symbolizes what is eternal, non-visible, the essence of matter. 

My painting is deeply linked to architecture, which fills other spaces of my artistic practice, as does engraving and textile art. The process undergoes all those cultural expressions and seeks to reflect on the greatest themes in life, such as: ancestrality, Earth, the human condition, history, prehistory, eroticism, in other words, issues that demand introspection and growth.

The techniques I employed along these 30 years are numerous, from acrylic, oil on canvas, natural earths, left overs (fragments) from past works, tar, inks, etc. The work becomes a construction, a metaphor of time by reading the layers one on top of an other until the resulting surface talks about itself.

• Nationality: BOLIVIA
• Date of birth : 1963
• Artistic domains: Represented by a Gallery,
• Groups: Contemporary Bolivian Artists Artists presented by a gallery