Suma Escultorica by Hugo Arquimedes

The young Mexican sculptor Hugo Arquímedes presents in the Pasaje Revolución “Suma Escultórica”, made up of 13 pieces sculpted in metal and finished with oxide patina and acrylic lacquer. The forms are diverse, which causes the observer to play with the perspectives and recreate new and distinct facets of volume; for the collection includes works ranging from 3 meters to 41 cm. of height.

The origin of the works which make up this exhibit, according to the artist, come from diverse esthetic concerns, where the constructive base generates reasoning and geometry, generating a series of pieces which refer to an imaginary personal sculpture of modular and abstract forms.

“In this way I make an allegory to the progressive rhythms of Antoni Gaudí through a sphere and a modular column; I also celebrate the spatial forcefulness of Eduardo Chillida in a sculpture of three arms looking at the sky, I represent time as a concept and a concrete and upside down reality, and I also recreate Chac Mool, who has become one of the esthetic orders of modern sculpture.”

In autodidactic form, Hugo Arquímedes re-takes and inherits the artistic currents of geometrism and constructivism of modern Latin American art, from whence his work emerges from an implacable geometry that serves as a means and not as an end. To date he has had 12 individual exhibits and more than 20 collective exhibits in various museums and galleries in Mexico.

As part of the show, he will also exhibit the piece Alegoría a la Naturaleza, three meters in height, which formed part of the Hermandades Escultóricas México-Germany (2008) exhibit, an open-air show which was located in Pasaje Revolución and Paseo de Montejo in Mérida.

Pasaje Revolución, a passageway running from Calle 60 to Calle 58, between the main cathedral and the MACAY museum on the Plaza Grande, has become known for promoting sculpture in Mexico for ten years, achieving its internationalization in 2005; since then it has hosted artists from the United States, Spain, Japan, Germany, Brazil, and Columbia. Around 500,000 people pass through this space per year.

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Yucatán (MACAY) is the obligatory window in the southeast of Mexico for those who want to see contemporary art. This museum has specialized in presenting this style of art for more than 15 years. The MACAY has a work dynamic which allows nearly 45 annual exhibitions, exhibiting on average 2000 works of local, national and foreign artists. Annually it receives an average of 70,000 visitors and interacts with 22,000 children in its three education programs.

Inauguration: January 13, 8 pm
Continues until March 31, 2012

www.macay.org

Calle 60 x 63 y 61, Centro

10 am – 6 pm

Closed on Tuesdays

Free entry