MATEO REVILLO
b. 1993, SpainMateo Revillo’s works draws upon contemporary abstraction as well as ancient times and Mediterranean civilisation, tracing a vast timeline that links primitive frescos with the breaking of the rectangular format as proposed by the early proponents of Minimalism. These works are keen to evoke a hectic, immediate and savage world.
The energy inscribed in the materials, the violence in the treatment of the painted surface -knife cuts, burning wax, screwed into the wall -, build the expressive bodily and archeological language of his paintings.
In a space between painting and architecture, his work aims at the expansion of imagebeyond the painted surface, and transforming the exhibition.
Text courtesy Alzueta Gallery.
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