Eduardo Terrazas' work "1.1.91" (1970/1972) is part of the 60th edition of The International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia "Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere", curated by Adriano Pedrosa.
Eduardo Terrazas is an architect, designer, and visual artist known for his vast experience as a painter. From the beginning of his career, 1.1.91 (1970–1972) exemplifies his experimentation with materials and his early work interested in recoding craft traditions. Working with the square and its contrast with the curvilinear aspect of the circle, Terrazas proposes strong chromatic contrasts that appeal to the eyes and to the physicality of the human body. The artist refers not only to modernist and European discussions regarding the place of abstraction in art history but also to Indigenous traditions and those associated with the working class in Latin America and elsewhere.
This is the first time the work of Eduardo Terrazas is presented at Biennale Arte.
- Raphael Fonseca
