Permanence and Time is a series that talks about the flow of ideas, and perhaps of moods. Of the natural environment -the desert – and its presence in the identity and processes of change. Here is the genealogy of the series. It is not concluded, in fact, I have delved back into it a short time ago.
The series Time and permanence is an approach to the semi-desert landscape,
It is to build an environment to reflect on the culture of our moment, the transformed nature, and the architectural symbols in the middle of the landscape.
Acrylic on canvas. 110 x 170cm
2019
It is a game between what we perceive through contemporary culture and its phenomena and what nature can be.
The work started in Tijuana in 2001 and now continues in Mexico City and Zacatecas.
Oil & Acrylico on canvas 110 x 170cm.
2001-03
“I like the stars. It’s the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they’re always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend…I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don’t last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend…”
Neil Gaiman, Brief Lives
Oil on canvas. 61 x 46cm
2017
What are nodes as Miguel titles the above painting? They are a point at which lines or pathways intersect or branch; a central or connecting point. In botany, the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge, often forming a slight swelling or knob
Acrylic on canvas 91 x 73cm.
2018
Oil on canvas 110 x 170cm
2018
The heads have several senses but usually they are the presence of the historical – they are visual references to periods of the history of the culture.
The heads that appear are part pre-Hispanic tradition. Like the Olmecs.
Never beheaded. Maybe emerging. Like medieval bafomets. Maybe ghosts? A boy watching on the edge of the mesa.
Acrylic on canvas 110 x 170cm
2019
Oil on canvas 110 x 170cm
2018
They are observer of events, a spirit of space, the numen of the place.
Acrylic on canvas. 110x170cm
2019
What is permanent. The cosmic stone.
What always changes our worldview. natural cycles
It is a game between what we perceive through contemporary culture and its phenomena and what nature can be.
Óleo sobre tela 110 x 170cm
2018
Acrílico sobre tela. 112 x 122 cm.
2018
Territory / Identity / Body
Body / Nature
Head / Consciousness / Mind
Arquitecture / Rationality
Palm – Joshua Tree, maguey , the place. The great deserts of North America.