Sketch I for "Algo de Comer" 1965 - Boceto I para "Algo de Comer" 1965
Sketch II for "Algo de Comer" 1965 - Boceto II para "Algo de Comer" 1965
Santiago Cárdenas Arroyo Colombian, b. 1937
Algo de Comer, 1967
Oil on wood and canvas
200 x 160 x 20 cm
78 3/4 x 63 x 7 7/8 in
78 3/4 x 63 x 7 7/8 in
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''Algo de comer' is a painting I created in Colombia, newly married and with my daughter in my arms, in my apartment in Bogotá. It is one of my first...
"'Algo de comer' is a painting I created in Colombia, newly married and with my daughter in my arms, in my apartment in Bogotá. It is one of my first three-dimensional works and probably the first in Colombia to incorporate life-size elements of things and people passing by. Cecilia and I were the models.
As you can see, the window is closed, and the artwork intrudes into the observer's space. It is a piece that aims to annihilate 'the frame' and uses a one-to-one scale that eliminates the view through the window, as would be seen in traditional painting."
- Santiago Cárdenas Arroyo
As you can see, the window is closed, and the artwork intrudes into the observer's space. It is a piece that aims to annihilate 'the frame' and uses a one-to-one scale that eliminates the view through the window, as would be seen in traditional painting."
- Santiago Cárdenas Arroyo
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