Interesting artist: Omar Chacon
This website talks about his art practice and his influences:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/the-colorful-layers-of-omar-chacon
"His most recent body of work continues to be influenced by the intricate patterns and weavings found in the traditional folk art of South American indigenous peoples."
Untitled, Omar Chacon
Omar Chacón - Asiatica. Original 2005.
http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/003025.php
"Omar Chacon’s paintings are deceptive and can
be considered sculptural in that he builds them up using pieces of paint as the
compositional elements. What appear to be organized brushstrokes of stripes of paint are carefully applied decals
of dried paint from previously conceived brushstrokes or drips. While most
often Chacon’s works are expressions of sheer colourful and textural
exuberance, some of them depict the artist’s interpretations of various flags
or countries"
- Some of the influences on Omar's works intrigue me, such as his interest in the intricate patterns and weavings of traditional folk art of South American Folk art. - I can see that it has had a significant influence on his use of colour and pattern
https://www.artexperiencenyc.com/omar-chacon-bacanales/
"Chacon is developing a very suggestive body of work, which is evocative of his cultural background in Colombia. He has mentioned the similarities between his pieces and
textile patterns used in traditional craftwork from his homeland. His grandfather’s art became an inspiration for him1. Chacon, like many Latin- American avant-garde artists from the first half of the 20th Century, has found ways of integrating the Latin American cultural heritage into the rather
universal language of abstraction."
"Even if Chacon avoids symmetry and geometric dispositions,
giving room for spontaneity and improvisation, the artwork keeps an ornamental function, and a sense of rhythm which is replicated in the titles of his pieces: Bacananales, Bacan, Bacanerias, and Bacanismo. (The word ‘bacan’ has several regional meanings in Latin American countries, but generally speaking it refers to something, or someone, who is nice, tasty, fun, and delicious.)"
"In Omar Chacón Serves Up His Own “Sancocho” to the Art World (unedited), Alya Poplawsky describes Chacon’s way of producing his works:
His artistic process evolved from his grandfather’s simple dot paintings, and developed a migratory element in which paint transferred from one surface to another.
He would peel off the left over paint on the plastic he would use to protect parts of the canvas, and then use these “leftovers” to create a whole new work of art. Now his works consist entirely of these “leftover” paint drippings, which he designs either as discs, patches, or lines."
