Hernán Cédola
Argentina
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Translated from Spanish
Time, the everyday and repetitive actions like filling up, empty out, or repair, are recurring ideas in my work. To me, representing through drawing the distance between my home and the house of my relatives, or the calculation of the times that I take my hand to my mouth when I am smoking—both drawn on pencil over the wall—more than an act of measurement, they are to me a way of shaping everyday experience.
For example, the exercise of walking around the city of San Juan to document a series of constructions, made by the inhabitants of the city with everyday objects, made with the purpose of reserving a parking space. This document resulted in a publication that gathers this form and to which I add a series of drawings that propose the use of these same objects for other purposes or possible sculptures.
Generally, my work ends up becoming drawing, where I utilize a few material and visual resources. I am interested in materials that are easy to obtain, such as Plastiscine for children—which I have used to “repair” cracks on a deteriorated building—or powdered construction pigment, which registers the movement of a ball in a baseball field during a game.
In my most recent projects, I have investigated the visual production that generated from Puerto Rican popular music (Salsa, Bomba, and Plena), during the 60s, 70s and beginning of the 80s. The LP as an object, the graphic design, the typography and the images that are produced through the lyrics, give me the opportunity to make an analysis of the construction of landscape in that specific moment.
El tiempo, lo cotidiano, y las acciones repetitivas, como rellenar, vaciar o reparar son ideas recurrentes en mi trabajo. Representar en dibujo la distancia entre mi residencia y la casa de mis familiares, o bien el cálculo de la cantidad de veces que me llevo la mano a la boca al fumar un cigarrillo (ambos dibujados en lápiz sobre la pared), más que un acto de mensura, son para mi una manera de dar forma a la experiencia cotidiana.
Como es el ejercicio de caminar por la ciudad de San Juan con el fin de documentar una serie de construcciones, hechas por los habitantes de la cuidad con objetos cotidianos, hecho con el propósito de reservar un estacionamiento. Este documento resultó en una publicación que recoge esta forma y en la cual añado una serie de dibujos que proponen el uso de éstos mismos objetos para otras funciones o posibles esculturas.
Generalmente mis trabajos terminan siendo dibujos, donde utilizar pocos recursos materiales y visuales. Me interesan los materiales que me son de fácil acceso, como la plastilina para niños, -que he utilizado para “reparar” grietas en un edificio deteriorado-, o el pigmento de construcción en polvo, con el que queda registrado el movimiento de una bola en un campo de baseball durante un partido.
En mis últimos proyectos me encuentro investigando la producción visual que se generó en la música popular puertorriqueña (salsa, bomba y plena) durante las décadas de los años 60, 70 y principios de los años ochenta. El LP como objeto, el diseño gráfico, la tipografía y las imágenes que se producen en las letras de las canciones, me dan pie a hacer un estudio de la construcción del paisaje en ese momento.
Selected Biographical Information
Education / Training
- Bachillerato (B.A.) en Escultura, Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico.
Prizes / Fellowships
- 2011: Art Maters, Beca de investigación artística.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2011: “Andamios”, Galería Casas Riegner, Bogotá, Colombia.
- 2008: “Project Room”, Galería Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- 2005: “Project Room, Diálogos”, Espacio 1414, Colección Berezdivin, San Juan, PR.
Group Exhibitions
- 2012: “III Tirenal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: América Latina y el Caribe”, San Juan, PR.
- 2011: “The Peripatetic School: Itinerant Drawing from Latin America”, Drawing Room, London, UK.
- 2011: ”En obras, Under Construction Art and Architecture in Coleção Teixeira de Freitas”, Tenerife, Spain.
- 2010: “To draw is to write, to write is to draw”, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
- 2009: “Acciones Disolventes, Videoarte latinoamericano”, Centro de cultural Chacao, Venezuela.
Publications
- 2013: Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing, Phaidon.
- Art Cities of the Future, 21st-Century Avant-Gardes, Phaidon.
- 2011: Malone, Micah, ‘Future Anterior: an index to contemporary art’s imminent history’, Art Paper, November/December.
- 2011: Barson, Tanya and Kate Macfarlane Ed. ‘The Peripatetic School, Itinerant Drawing from Latin America’, Drawing Room. Ridinghouse.
- 2007: Mosaka, Tumelo Ed. ‘Infinte Island, contemporary caribbean art’, Brooklyn Museum, Philip Wilson Publishers.
Collections
- Berezdivin Collection, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Cisneros, NY and Caracas.
- Coleção Teixeira de Freitas, Lisboa.
Links
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- Tony Cruz, “Top view of my house and the objects that occupy – 1574.02 meters square – 0.355:30”, 2008, Pencil on paper, 37” x 30”. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Distance drawing, San Juan / Middlesbrough, an attempt to draw the distance from San Juan to Middlesbrough (6728.7347 km). Realized only 0.035549 percent (2,392)”, 2011, Pencil on wall, Site specific project. Location: Middlesbrough, UK. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Distance drawing, San Juan / Bogotá, an attempt to draw the distance from San Juan to Bogotá (1763 km). Realized only 9.132 percent (1610m)”, 2012, Pencil on wall, 2’ x 9’, Site specific. Location: Bogotá Colombia. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Dibujo distancia, 304m al norte del kiosko del Morazán”, 2006, Pencil on vall, Site specific Project. Location: San José, Costa Rica. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Colección de objetos. un peso ($1.00) : marzo 26/10 : thachar”, 2010, Mixed media, Variable dimensions. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Distance drawing, San Juan / London, an attempt to draw the distance from San Juan to London (6,751.2362 km). Realized only 0031890 percent (2,153m)”, 2011, Pencil on wall, approximate 8 x 6 in., Site specific project. Location: London, UK. Photo credit: Drawing Room
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- Tony Cruz, “Top view of my house and the objects that occupy – 1574.02 meters square – 0.355:30”, 2008, Pencil on paper, 37 x 30 in. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Five discs -LP- (side A and B) of Ismael Rivera, printed in intaglio on paper vinyl album LP:Esto fue lo que trajo el barco 1972, Traigo de todo 1974, Soy Feliz 1975, Feliz Navidad 1975, De todas maneras rosas 1977”; 2012, Intaglio on paper, 73” x 28”. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Colección de objetos. lápiz-1 : marzo 15/10 : tallar”, 2010, Mixed media, Variable dimensions. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Drawing on ball park, After de Game, the players draw the ball’s trajectory with powder pigment”, 2005, Construction pigments. Site specific project. Location: Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Colección de objetos. mapa mundi : marzo 21/10 : tacharw, 2010, Mixed media, Variable dimensions. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Colección de objetos. recibo cigarrillo-3 : marzo 31/10 : tachar”, 2010, Mixed media, Variable dimensions. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Detalle. Distance drawing, San Juan / Bogotá, an attempt to draw the distance from San Juan to Bogotá (1763 km). Realized only 9.132 percent (1610m)”, 2012, Pencil on wall, 2’ x 9’, Site specific Project. Location: Bogotá Colombia. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Drawing on ball park, After de Game, the players draw the ball’s trajectory with powder pigment”, 2003, Construction pigment. Site specific project. Location: Santo Domingo. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Tony Cruz, “Dibujo distancia, San Juan/vega Alta, P.R. (54 Millas)”, 2005, Pencil on wall, Site specific Project. Location: San Juan, PR. Image courtesy of the artist.