Claudia Lamas

Claudia Lamas, an Argentinean artist, uses art to communicate ideas in order to overcome the limitations of the written word. Despite receiving formal training in architecture, Lamas has devoted most of her life to developing and strengthening her pictorial vision. She uses a variety of traditional materials to create her works of art, including oils, acrylics and canvas media, sometimes combining traditional materials with innovative techniques of collage.

But what really makes Lamas noteworthy is her ability to introduce a variety of subjects, and permit them to develop in nonrepresentational areas defined by saturated solid colors, sinuous contours and geometric shapes. The acid yellow and magenta tones that often materialize in her compositions elevate Lamas’ work to the level of dreamy hallucinations, with an appearance that seems to embarrass and yet attract the casual viewer. The dreamlike quality of the work is enhanced by the realistic depiction of her subjects, which range from flies, to buffalo, to passionate people seemingly falling in space.