Abel Vásquez Arancibia was born in 1994 in Viña del Mar, Chile. He obtained his BFA from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. He’s an artist who moves through photography, video, digital media and sculpture. He currently lives in Provo, Utah.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My artistic exploration arises from some problems that oscillate between the playful and the reflective. Observing, remembering and forgetting are key in my work, on occasion they’re the engine, beginning or denouement. In my work there has existed and persisted an interest for the hidden, the little or non-discernible, the frail, the enigmatic and the versatility of shapes and it’s models, these being persons or objects. Always transiting between the sculptural and the photographic, stopping at the images, the landscapes and the objects, in their own peculiarities and in the way they reflect and affect society. On the back of this inquiry there’s a beating question for memory and oblivion, for what we see and, at the same time, looks back at us. For the way, finally, in which an image, regardless of what it records, is charged with a time and at the same time mutates according to what we know, the same way as objects do. I consider “see” as the ability to imagine, feel, decipher, find, and more. To see through touch, sound, smell; perceive, play and create.
LINKS
https://www.abelvasquez.com
IMAGES
Abel Vasquez, “A look at the Missing Object [Veiled Artifact 06],” 2020, photograph printed on cotton paper, 26 x 20 in.
Abel Vasquez, “A look at the Missing Object [Veiled Artifact 01],” 2020, photograph printed on cotton paper, 26 x 20 in.
Abel Vasquez, “Brief Praise: A look at the Missing Object (MOUNTING)” 2020, photograph printed on cotton paper, 80 x 60 in.
Abel Vasquez, “Brain Fog [Before Leaving],” 2023, Photography on Reisin
Abel Vasquez, “Brain Fog [Before Leaving],” 2023, photography on reisin
Abel Vasquez, “Written to Oblivion [Message].” 2020, photograph printed on cotton paper, 13 x 19 in.
Abel Vasquez, “Written to Oblivion [Receipt].” 2020, photograph printed on cotton paper, 13 x 19 in.
Abel Vasquez, “Silla de Plomo,” 2019, photograph printed on cotton paper, 40 x 27. in.
Abel Vasquez, “What do you SEE When you SEE ?” 2022, installation
Abel Vasquez, “What do you SEE When you SEE ?” 2022, installation
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