» Sigfredo Chacón

Sigfredo Chacón Venezuela, 1950

Translated from Spanish

My plastic research is developed through consecutive series, for example:

Serie Dibujos (Drawing Series) 1974/1989, Serie Monocroma (Monochrome Series) 1991/1993, Serie Pinturasparlantes (Talkingpaintings Series) 1993/1995, Serie Rejillas (Grilles Series), 1993 until today, Serie Purapinturabstracta (Pureabstractpainting Series) 1995, divided into: Drippings, Dibujosdepintura (Paintdrawings), Pinturastropicales (Tropicalpaintings), Crucigramasconmoscas (Crosswordswithflies), Purapintura (Purepainting), Emotionalpaintings, Serie Do you copy? (Do you copy? Series), Serie Pinturaparadaltónicos (Paintingforthecolorblind), Serie Berlinpaintings (Berlinpaintings Series).

All of this is being superimposed parallel to consecutive series in simultaneous periods. I mix one series with another and experimenting with ideas, little by little weaving the conceptual cobweb, giving a renewed sense to all the work process, always faithful to the original idea, for example that of Pureabstractpainting.

This is like a mathematical equation. I try in every moment to keep the process clear and clean, where the mother or medullar idea prevails: that painting is the medium and end of all the creative discourse, and that any reference would be painting itself.

Mi investigación plástica se desarrolla por series consecutivas, por ejemplo:

Serie Dibujos 1974/1989, Serie Monocroma 1991/1993, Serie Pinturasparlantes1993/1995, Serie Rejillas, 1993 hasta hoy, Serie Purapinturabstracta 1995 dividida en: Drippings, Dibujosdepintura, Pinturastropicales, Crucigramasconmoscas, Purapintura, Emotinalpaintings, Serie Do you copy?, Serie Pinturaparadaltónicos, Serie Berlinpaintings.

Todo esto se va sobreponiendo paralelamente en series consecutivas en periodos simultáneos, voy mezclando una serie con otra y exprimiendo las ideas, así poco a poco se va tejiendo la telaraña conceptual, dándole un sentido renovado a todo el proceso de trabajo, siempre fiel a la idea original por ejemplo de Purapinturabstracta.

Esto es como una ecuación matemática, trato en todo momento que el proceso sea muy claro y limpio, donde lo que prevalezca sea la idea madre o medular: que la pintura sea el medio y el fin de todo el discurso creativo y que cualquier referencia sea la pintura misma.

Selected Biographical Information

Education / Training

Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Aplicadas Cristobal Rojas, Caracas, Venezuela.
Instituto de Diseño Newman – Ince, Caracas, Venezuela.
Chelsea School of Art and Design, London, England.
London College of Printing, London, England.

Prizes / Fellowships

2003: XXVII Salón Nacional de Arte de Aragua, Premio MACMA.
2003: 61 Salón Arturo Michelena, Premio Andrés Pérez Mujica.
2001: XXV Salón Nacional de Arte de Aragua Premio CONAC.
1994: Premio Obra Bidimencional 4ta Bienal Nacional de Arte de Guayana.
1992: Mención de Honor, Obra Bidimencional 3ra Bienal Nacional de Arte de Guayana.
1991: Gran Premio de Pintura, Salón de Pintura 50 Aniversario, Banco Central de Venezuela.

Solo Exhibitions

2012: “Drawings?”, KaBe Contemporary Art, Miami, USA.
2009: “Do You Copy?”, Centro de Arte Periférico, Caracas, Venezuela.
2007: “Sigfredo Chacón, Pinturas Recientes”, Galería La Cuadra, Caracas, Venezuela.
2000: “Sigfredo Chacón Fundación Corp Group”, Caracas, Venezuela.
1995: “Pinturas Parlantes”, Caracas, Venezuela.

Group Exhibitions

2007: “Jump Cuts – Venezuelan Contemporary Art”, Colección Mercantil, CIFO (Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation), Miami, Florida, USA.
2007: “Correspondences Contemporary Art from the colection Patricia Phelps de Cisneros”, Wheaton College, Massachusetts, USA.
2007: “Extrapictórico”, Corp Banca, Caracas, Venezuela.
2006: “Obras inéditas de la colección”, Fundación Museos Nacionales en el Museo Carlos Cruz-Diez, Museo de la Estampa y del Diseño Carlos Cruz-Diez, Caracas, Venezuela.
2005: “Jump Cuts – Venezuelan Contemporary Art”, Colección Mercantil, The Americas Society Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

Collections

Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela.
Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia.
Museo Jacobo Borges, Caracas, Venezuela.

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Pinturaparadaltónicos, Green”, 2011, Series: Pinturaparadaltónicos, Acrylic on canvas, 60x60cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Constanza González

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Crucigramaconmoscas”, 1995, Series: Purapinturaabstracta, Acrylic and synthetic flies on canvas, 169x169cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Constanza González

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Do You Copy?”, 2010, Series: Do You Copy?, Acrylic on canvas, 1232x132cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Constanza González

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Pintura Dalmata”, 2009, Series: Purapinturaabstracta, Acrylic on canvas, 132x132cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Constanza González

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Emotionalpainting”, 2008, Series: Emotionalpainting, Acrylic collage on canvas, 420x60cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Constanza González

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Dibujoparadaltonicos”, 2012, Series: Pinturaparadaltonicos, Acrylic on paper, 76x57cm. Location: KaBe Contemporary Art, Miami. Photo credit: Constanza González

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Rejilla amarillo tráfico”, 1993, Series: Purapinturaabstracta, Acrylic on synthetic material and wood, 170x140cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Renato Doncelli

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Do You Copy?”, 2009, Series: Do You Copy?, Acrylic on canvas, 132x132cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Carlos German Rojas

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Drippings”, 2007, Series: Purapnturaabstracta, Acrylic on canvas, 122x13cm each one. Private Collection. Photo credit: Constanza González

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Pura pintura abstracta con 11 franjas y drippings”, 1999, Series: Purapinturaabstracta, Acrylic on canvas, 169x169cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Carlos German Rojas

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Purapinturaabstracta #22”, 1995, Series: Pura pintura abstracta, Acrylic on canvas, 169x169cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Carlos German Rojas

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Dibujo de pintura #22”, 1998, Series: Purapinturaabstracta, Lithographic ink frottage on canvas, 169x169cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Carlos German Rojas

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Pinturaparadaltonicos”, 2011, Series: Pinturaparadaltonicos, Acrylic on canvas, 60x60cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Constanza González

: Sigfredo Chacón, “Do You Copy?”, 2010, Series: Do You Copy?, Acrylic collage on canvas, 300x60cm. Private Collection. Photo credit: Constanza González