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from a friend

You have worked the engraving with great dedication,

in what has been a strong tendency of the Cuban plastic arts

(...) In your drawings I found a poetic subtlety of quality (...)


Because there are two aspects that oppose

and it is from such opposition that springs sort of a magic,

which surprised and convinced me:

the great size of the drawings on one hand and the fineness of the ink lines on the other one.


It is a game of contraries that surprisingly is discovered from afar

because suddenly the contours of the figure fades.

This effect could be a defect but it is not in your case.


Besides you also achieve this effect with an admirable rigor

because you structure the elements by means of a visible plot

which doesn't leave space to error and much less to corrections.


In any event, not to improvise corrections.


As you are a good camellador (cameleer),

(in Colombia we call this way to those that work a lot and don’t spend time even in drinking water),

I am sure that I will receive new surprises.

 

Álvaro Medina

  • VIOLENCIA (Detalle) Tinta y plumilla sobre cartulina 992 x 750 mm 1977
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