Paisaje 3
Mixed Media on Canvas
39" x 39"

Paisaje 3

Mixed Media on Canvas
39" x 39"

Paisaje 5
Mixed Media on Canvas
59" x 59"

Paisaje 5

Mixed Media on Canvas
59" x 59"

Paisaje 1
Mixed Media on Canvas
59" x 59"

Paisaje 1

Mixed Media on Canvas
59" x 59"

Giovanny Sanchez Tot

The Latin American Art Exhibition
September 8 - September 29, 2009

Reception: Thursday September 10, 2009 6-8 PM

Press Release

Columbian painter Giovanny Sanchez Tot’s frenzied, bustling canvases bring the imagery of street art into the gallery with a unique, vibrant vocabulary of forms and icons. Characters based on cartoon cats stare out at the viewer through thick, swirling swaths of neon paint that cut across the picture plane with a brash swagger. The resulting mixture of abstract expressionism, graffiti and pop art seems boundlessly energetic. Colors and figures leap from the canvas’s high-contrast palette and booming dynamics.

In some places Sanchez deploys an illustrator’s eye for composition, creating a balanced tableau of characters whose forms are defined by stark, bold lines. Elsewhere, his canvas explodes with dripping oil and acrylic shapes splashed across glowing chemical hues of aerosol spray paint. In these thickets of overlapping and competing energies, Sanchez’s cat figures become playful puns, clever reminders of the artist’s presence in a seemingly wild environment of chaotic visual pleasure. This balance between humor and vigor, continuity and innovation, makes his work simultaneously challenging and rewarding.

Invitation to the exhibition | View the catalog page

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