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Nahúm Flores presents Voices from the Other Rooms of My House. Opening reception: Thursday, November 1, 2007 - 7 to 10 pm. The exhibition will be until November 11, 2007. G + Galleries.
This series consists of small format mixed media paintings on canvas and wood. The works are executed randomly and intuitively by applying multiple layers of water based and organic materials, such as acrylic paint, gel medium, acrylic polymer, sand, ink, transfers and pencil. The result is an alchemy of colours, rich textures and forms, which lure the mind with ideas and questions. The fusion of the diverse materials seduces the artist and guides his imagination to create expressive characters and amorphous forms, which emerge from chaos. These characters show us both the beautiful and horrible aspects of nature, the dark and soft side of humans, through their gestures and actions, and through the situations they evoke. The barren landscapes from which the characters emerge reflect
As a source of inspiration, he uses photographs taken with great passion, in travels in Canada, Central America, Mexico and Europe. The photographs of old walls, tree bark, stones, and rusted materials are sometimes transferred onto the surface of his paintings to capture a sense of time and spatial depth. Nahúm Flores was born in 1974 in Danlí, Honduras and immigrated to
Canada at age 17, after having lived in Mexico and the US. He studied Drawing and Painting at the
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