Im Zuge technologischen Wandels entstehen immer auch neue Rechtfertigungen zur Überwachung einer Gesellschaft, in der ohnehin bereits freiwillig Daten über soziale und ökonomische Gegebenheiten zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Mit neuartigen Maßnahmen zur Kontrolle der Ausbreitung der Corona-Pandemie scheint nun eine neue Form des Tracking legitimiert und verbreitet zu werden. Sie entsteht nicht aus einem Bedürfnis nach Bequemlichkeit heraus, sondern baut auf Angst und Unsicherheit auf – Faktoren, die vermeintlich gute Gründe für noch mehr Kontrolle zu liefern scheinen. Das Plakat CORODNA ist Teil einer während des Lockdowns entstandenen Serie.
The main creative source in my work is on the one
hand, the human being, his trail, his nomadism
and secondly the protocultural symbolism of signs
such as glyphs, ideograms. These are frequently
used elements in my work, expressing my fascination
for discovering graphic language analogies among
primitive, ancient and contemporary iconographies.
To carry out my work I use traditional and digital techniques such as painting, ceramics, assemblages, drawing, photography, and digital art. Each concept means an exploration, a reinvention of its meaning. Signs and Trails, R-Books, Eternal Human, Silent Tribal Sounds are some concepts where I find an archaic and modern bridge, a journey through universal analogies without distinction between past and future.
RAUL was born in Mexico City where he studied graphic design at the
Academia Bernal and later engraving at the Instituto Cultural Cabañas
in Guadalajara.
During his first stay in Germany from 1990 - 2000 he
attended the art school „Freie Kunstschule Stuttgart“ worked as a visual
artist, graphic designer and in experimental ceramics workshops.
Between 2001 to 2007 he lived in Barcelona and Paris, where he was
the beneficiary of a studio granted by the „Cité Internationale
Universitaire de Paris", he attended the sculpture workshop of "Paris
Ateliers" and later of engraving in Barcelona.
His work has been exhibited in different international art festivals and
biennials in Asia, America and Europe. Part of his artwork is in private
collections and in museums and institutions.
From 2008 he has lived and worked in Germany and Switzerland.
The main creative source in my work is on the one
hand, the human being, his trail, his nomadism
and secondly the protocultural symbolism of signs
such as glyphs, ideograms. These are frequently
used elements in my work, expressing my fascination
for discovering graphic language analogies among
primitive, ancient and contemporary iconographies.
To carry out my work I use traditional and digital
techniques such as painting, ceramics, assemblages, drawing,
photography, and digital art. Each concept means
an exploration, a reinvention of its meaning. Signs
and Trails, R-Books, Eternal Human, Silent Tribal
Sounds are some concepts where I find an archaic
and modern bridge, a journey through universal
analogies without distinction between past and
future.
Raúl - 2016
-LA VANGUARDIA
-Stuttgarter Zeitung
- Corriere della Sera
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