Starting from a reflection on the relationships between past and present, the work of the artist Ivan Castiblanco functions as an archaeological find, where floors and toys reconstruct a material legacy in history and remain in time, like the ornate tiles that were erected in the city of Bogotá of yesteryear
Posdata Contemplación, 2019
Posdata Contemplación, 2019
From the Posdata series
Drawing on paper
Dimensions: 52 H x 52 W cm.
Frame size: 55 H x 55 W x 3.5 D cm.
Unique
Weight: 4 kg Approx.
Ivan Castiblaco is a Bogotan artist with a master's degree in plastic and visual arts from the Academia Superior de Artes de Bogotá (ASAB), focusing on themes such as childhood and memory. His work, in different media, starts from a reflection on the relationship between past and present, the work of the artist Ivan Castiblanco works as an archaeological find, where floors and toys reconstruct a material legacy in history and remain in time, like the ornate tiles that stood in the city of Bogota of yesteryear. Castiblanco's work directly transmits to individuals news and sensations that come from the past, giving the viewer the ability to remember, in the face of the awareness of the loss of cultural heritage. continuity. His work has been exhibited in places such as the old Matadero Distrital de Bogotá, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, the Biblioteca Márquez de San Jorge, in Funza and he has worked with different Colombian and Argentinean galleries.
