Between Two Worlds
"Desfile de Las Llamadas" Acrylic/Linen 120x98cm Pérez 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 Pérez 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.
