Azul Caverna
Bio
Azul Caverna (Mendoza, Argentina, 1979)
Selected exhibitions:
2024, Pinta Miami (Galería del Paseo). 2024, invited to participate in La Residencia de al Lado in Lima, Peru, where he developed a series of works, installations, and performances in homage to the poetry of Peruvian artist Jorge Eduardo Eielson. 2023, Inconsciente, Galería del Paseo, Lima, Peru. 2022, Sombras abstractas, espacios concretos II, ESTAMPA (Ifema), Madrid, Spain. 2022, Sombras abstractas, espacios concretos I, ARTESANTANDER, Santander, Spain. 2022, Todo el mundo tiene algo que esconder menos yo (y mi mono), Galería del Paseo, Lima. 2022, Paisaje de un desvío, Galería del Paseo, Punta del Este, Uruguay. 2020, El verano invencible, Galería del Paseo, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
2019, La expansión del vacío, Galería María Calcaterra, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ArteBA 2019 (Galería del Paseo), Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2018, I will find a horse to feed the apples, Liga, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ArteBA 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017, El movimiento de lo intacto, Galería del Paseo, Punta del Este, Uruguay; ArteBA 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ArtLima 2017, Lima, Peru. 2016, Encuentros invisibles, Galería del Paseo, Punta del Este, Uruguay; ArteBA 2016 (Galería del Paseo); PARC 2016 (Galería del Paseo). 2015, Teatro para uno solo, SlyZmud, Buenos Aires; ArteBA 2015 (Galería del Paseo).
2014, Interfaces, Galerie Zeitkunst, Kitzbühel, Austria; Rectas Coincidentes, SlyZmud, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ArteBA 2014 (SlyZmud), Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2013, Caverna, Galería Van Riel, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ArteBA 2013 (Galería Van Riel).
Statement
I practice a geometry of isolation, guided by the logic of synthesis and by observing the relationships between active pictorial elements and those that seemingly withdraw from the composition. I look for deviations at the intersection of these decisions, with a particular interest in the act of subtraction.
I work with the mystery of the shadow through the painting of different geometric figures. Shadow has often been described as darkness, the hidden side. Louis-Ferdinand Céline wrote in Journey to the End of the Night that “everything of interest takes place in the shadows. Nothing is known of the true history of men.” Yet shadow could also be understood as a reserve of light.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
