Interview with Samuel Sarmiento
q)Introduce yourself, name,age,
location.
a)My name is Samuel
Sarmiento, I live in Madrid Venezuela
q) Can you describe your path to being an artist? When did you really get into it?
q) Can you describe your path to being an artist? When did you really get into it?
a)I try to work with
discipline and be very consistent, I started painting in 2002, and have not
stopped ... I have participated in solo exhibitions as well as in group
exhibitions in Venezuela , Spain , Aruba and Germany
q) Describe your ideals and how they manifest in your work.
q) Describe your ideals and how they manifest in your work.
a)I try to tell
stories, stories that are to be freely interpreted. I am interested in the
issue of children, also in the symbolism ...
I talk about characters and symbols, decontextualising the painting and generating other types of discourse. These are some of the Ideas that will arise in the my next production, working in large and medium size formats, using a wide range of materials. [:P]
q) Is music a part of your studio time? What do you listen to?
I talk about characters and symbols, decontextualising the painting and generating other types of discourse. These are some of the Ideas that will arise in the my next production, working in large and medium size formats, using a wide range of materials. [:P]
q) Is music a part of your studio time? What do you listen to?
a)Lately I've been
listening nirvana, tindesrsticks , elliot smith, ismael rivera; my music taste
varies when working, I also like the selection of classical concerts of The
Spainish National radio ...
q) How would you describe your work to someone?
q) How would you describe your work to someone?
a)I would lie if I said
my work is based on elaborated stories. I just try to describe sensations that
are joint by elements like symbols, characters, graphics and other pictorial
elements.
q) Influences?
q) Influences?
a)I like the work of
Armando Reveron, Luis Mendez and Christian Vinck.
These are Venezuelan painters with works that in my opinion seem from another planet ... I like Jonah Hill films, I think he shows real generation conflicts of the moment I belong to…hahaha!
q) Describe your process for creating new work.
These are Venezuelan painters with works that in my opinion seem from another planet ... I like Jonah Hill films, I think he shows real generation conflicts of the moment I belong to…hahaha!
q) Describe your process for creating new work.
a)I am interested in
working in open spaces where sunlight and other elements can interact with my
works ... I always start by spots and from them I create scenes and characters.
q) What advice do you have for artists looking to show their work?
q) What advice do you have for artists looking to show their work?
a)Do not stop working
even when things go wrong, the art schools do not guarantee commercial success.
If someone tells you to change your career do not pay attention, learn the
basic techniques and follow your intuition, respect your proposals and work in
them.
What are you really excited about right now?
There's nothing specially exciting to me right now. I would love to have enough room to work in large format ideas ...
q) What do you love most about where you live?
What are you really excited about right now?
There's nothing specially exciting to me right now. I would love to have enough room to work in large format ideas ...
q) What do you love most about where you live?
a)Mainly the safety; I
can walk the streets without anyone robbing me or shooting me, …
q) Best way to spend a day off?
q) Best way to spend a day off?
a)Painting all day and
then see the results at the end, before going to bed
q) Upcoming shows/ projects?
q) Upcoming shows/ projects?
a)I'm currently
participating in The Barcelona
q) Where can people see more of your work on the internet?
q) Where can people see more of your work on the internet?
postato da Claudio Parentela @ 08:41
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