Jesús Matheus
Bio
Jesús Matheus is a Venezuelan artist with a renowned career in the national and international art scene. His work has focused on the study, updating, and deconstruction of the Latin American pictorial tradition, delving into crucial points of a modernity that consolidated and bore witness to the visual life and artistic history of a large part of our continent.
Statement
His paintings and drawings reflect this graphic background in their direct linearity and layers of texture and meaning.
Influenced by modern Latin American artists, as well as by indigenous and pre-Columbian craft and folk art, Matheus executes geometric, minimalist pieces that are cannot be perceived as cold or sterile. Rather, the artwork maintains the warmth and richness of its historical foundations and becomes almost archeological in character.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
