Pablo Sarrano
Metaphoric
Paintings of
Pablo Sarrano"
The Song of
Lumbaloo
is sung at burials and celebrations by people of African slave
decent as a way of keeping culture and tradition alive in central
Columbia. This song of resistance recalling the escape to freedom
once banned as a pagan ritual by government decree has become
a metaphor for a series of paintings "The Birth of Lumbaloo"
by
Columbian-born artist Pablo
Sarrano
now showing at RaZoO
GaLLeRy.
Sarrano has his own personal
song of Boogaloo. "America
is a very compelling place," says the artist. "But I
have my culture. My resistance is a way of holding on, struggling
to not surrendering completely."
Sarrano's oils on canvas
pay powerful tribute to that struggle with a bold use of color
and arch imagery bordering on the mystical with human torsos and
animal heads. The artist, whose work has been seen in two exhibitions
in Bogotá and five in Broward County Florida over the last
two years, shows a discernable evolution despite his claim that
"Doing things over and over as ritual" holds great appeal
to him.
"I have decided
to paint examples of what I like to call my
"oddities," technical studies and meditations over an
object or simply playful experiments - some of which have grown
to be entire projects, while others remain in a quite primeval
stage. These works offer a wide spectrum of my work and ideas,
but time will tell what ever will come from them," says the talented
artist.
In his painting
"Mojito" for instance,
a shapely woman with a cow's head cryptically suggests the freedom
referred to the title. In the powerful "Head and Soul," a macho warrior
with horned Minotaur head stands against his alabaster white horse
ready to do battle, defiantly clutching a devilishly red rifle.
Another in the "Lumbaloo" series, "American
Mondo" (slang for the male member) depicts a similarly pugilistic
character punching out toward the viewer while a bovine-headed
nude female tweaks at her nipple with index finger. Images such
as these reflect the artist's inner cultural conflict while adjusting
to a new and alien country and its ways.
For more information about the artist and his paintings contact:
RaZoO
GaLLeRy
(954) 663-3888
webmaster@razoogallery.com
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