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"Between Two Worlds" Excerpts from review by A. Alvarez-Bravo |
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"Perez Franco
combines the sober colors of his native southern region of South America with
the vibrant tropical colors that he witnessed for many years while resident
in Venezuela....These two coinciding and harmonious worlds are translated
into meticulously constructed paintings. Popular Latin American figures are
transformed in search of universality.... The anonymous
beings in the works of Perez Franco serve to represent and to act as symbols
of reality. They dominate each canvas as if they were inevitable consequences
of layered paint. But these color planes that enrich the composition are
something more than figurative detail, forming part of an internal
architecture subtly created by the artist, vindication of his academic
formation. ...In Latin
American art, there has always been a symbiosis between the architect and the
artist. From this well assimilated symbiosis, the artist creates his visions,
exalting the positive values of our world and his patronage... Tamayo,
Torres-Garcia, the southern colors, tropical enlightenment, architectonic
rigor, the muralists, and a strong desire to contribute to the definition of
Latin America through fine art, are some of the guiding lights that
illuminate the unique world of Pérez-Franco. On his horizon, the human figure
is but an element of a superior architecture in which we can define the
diversity of Latin American expression." Armando Alvarez-Bravo The Miami Herald Copyright © El Nuevo Herald / The Miami Herald |
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