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Artist Statement:
In this new proposal, Azofeifa
talks about the human
condition in times of
globalization and
over-information, with
recognizable but anonymous
subjects.
The use of painted playing
cards (each one of the squares
you see in the paintings is a
playing card) to create the
bigger artworks, the same way
the pieces are ordered, show
the inmediacy and precise
situation of our times.
And who better to give
testimony that someone
immersed in information: an
e-marketing and e-commerce
consultant for latin american
and Fortune-500 companies,
Azofeifa must receive,
assimilate, and synthesize
information about new
technologies and trends, every
day of his life.
In his art technique, Azofeifa
paints each playing card using
spray painting and letter
molds, he paints groups of
several hudreds at a time,
making them cover and blocking
areas of the ones below. After
that he orders them according
to their chromatic weigth,
like a puzzle. Cards are glued
or stapled to the canvas. Each
piece takes months to
complete.
The figures (both the final
ones and the individual
pieces) are product of
globalization. Each piece
(card) has a weight of it's
own separately, there's no
central point and there's no
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Rafael Azofeifa Biography:
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