1. No category

diego molina
equilibrio cromático
av. sáenz peña 129, barranco , lima | telefax 247 4685 | www.wugaleria.com | [email protected]
diego molina
1980 / Lima, Perú
In “Equilibrio Cromático” (Chromatic balance), Diego Molina, integrates the work and theory. It is a
whole, not only paintings but of things, sounds and ideas, a laboratory, an experimental area where we
cross several instances in which the color appears. Molina is inspired by Goethe’s Color Theory and the
idea that on the border between light and darkness is where colors are born. Goethe called these “border
colors” and placed them in a color wheel where he established a complementarity between them, placing
them opposite each other. Thus he formed the even harmonics.
With these ideas Molina developed a path of personal research. His painting seeks to illustrate the
theory of color, is not mere didacticism, but rather a starting point to expand his own pictorial
possibilities. Between figurative and abstract geometric cuts, and an obsessive search for the
complementary color, Molina is redefining its own field of action, even out of the canvas and paint
it, to bring up only the color. Not just paint the sunsets but staging these border colors, not only
reconstruct the light box that Goethe used to show the color effects that light and darkness produce, but
just to be able to color to appear as an effect of light.
The musical reinterpretation of colors, the piece of sound poetry of Jorge Eduardo Eielson, the Peruvian
poet/painter named as an “audio pintura” seems to be the maximum leakage has come to Molina. The original
piece, which consists of a repetition, in various shades, words Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, is reworked and
presented only as an instrumental piece, where they have only been hues, sound impressions about colors
imagined, and notes that no voice or means. That seems arrival in limbo, is one of the options Diego
Molina poses to carry out its color adventure with painting and beyond. In a way painting it is here,
above all, a way to make the color appear, discover the mechanism that makes them possible.
Luis Alvarado.
Esquema
oil on paper
20,47 x 20,47”
2013
Obliteraciones
oil on canvas
59,06 x 59.06“
2013
El Espejo
oil on canvas
59, 06 x 59.06“(ea)
2014
Opuestos Complementarios
oil on canvas
59, 06 x 59.06“(ea)
2014
Inicio (Lima, March 25, 2015)
oil on canvas
23,62 x 110,63”
2015
Nudo (Lima, March 25, 2015)
oil on canvas
23,62 x 107,48”
2015
The same evening (Lima, March 25, 2015 ) is narrated in
three paintings : Inicio (start), Nudo (node), and Desenlace (end). Approaching the idea that color is born - according
to Goethe’s theory - on the border between light and darkness.
Desenlace (Lima, March 25, 2015)
oil on canvas
23,62 x 96,06”
2015
Estudio de Color y Flora
oil on canvas
19,69 x 19,69” (ea)
2014
Blue ( colors poem )
Sound poem composed by Jorge Eduardo Eielson in 1972.
It consists of a permutation of the words: green,
red, yellow and blue, spoken in different tones. For
this shows the musician Jorge Miranda has made an instrumental version in the same order of the original
poem accompanying the video made by Diego Vizcarra.
No title, video, 8 minutes, 2015
In the early nineteenth century, Goethe built
a box to show the polarity of light and darkness to the appearance of colors. This box
has two areas, one with white, and the other
with black background. When the cover is in
to the area with white background, the glass
will change to yellow color, and when the lid
is to the black background area , the glass
will change to blue.This, however, requires certain conditions of light to show the effect.
No title, reconstrution of Goethe´s color machine, medidas variables, 2015
exhibition view
exhibition view
diego molina
1980 / Lima, Perú
EDUCATION
Bachelor in Fine Arts with a Major in Painting, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP),
Lima, Peru
ARTISTS’ ASSISTANT. Fernando Bryce / Lima 2013, Mónica Luza / Berlin - Germany 2010, Dare Dovidjenko / Lima 2003
WORKSHOP Art Laboratory - Lima 2012 (May-Dec), Organized by the Núcleo Group and Wu Gallery. Lead by the Colombian curator María Iovino
CURRENT PUBLICATION, Ojo Andino Itinerating exhibition Organized by Luciano Benetton Foundation, 2013
includes the 2015 Venice Bienal and participation in a trilingual publication.
SOLO SHOWS
Chromatic Balance, July 2015 Wu Gallery, Lima
El Límite November 2011 Wu Gallery, Lima
Play Land - Selection of works (2004 – 2007) April 2011 Corriente Alterna Gallery, Lima
Sinestesia October 2010 Wu Gallery, Lima
Reflejo November 2009 Wu Gallery, Lima
Factoría La Estética August 2008 Lucía de la Puente Gallery, Lima
GROUP SHOWS
Del Individuo a la Sociedad Digital, February 2014 Curated by Juan Carlos Merelo Sala Sol de York, Madrid.
Expedición Amazonas, September 2013 Curated by Augusto del Valle Pancho Fierro Municipal Gallery, Lima.
Intersecciones, November 2012 Wu Gallery, Lima.
“La Nueva Pintura” 4 Pictorial Purposes of the New Word Images, April 2009 Curated by Rodrigo Quijano. Raúl Porras Barrenechea Gallery, Lima.
Expo Munny, July 2008 Lucia de la Puente Gallery, Lima.
Lado B, March 2008 80m2 Gallery, Lima.
Iberamerican Art Exhibition, November 2007 Robert Morris College Gallery, Chicago, US.
Primer Concurso de Pintura Alfa Romeo August 2007 Artco Gallery, Lima.
EXPERIMENTAL TEATHER
Golosina, Espectáculo Teatral (Candy, Theatrical Show, 2005)
Golosina, Revancha Teatral (Candy, Theatrical Revenge, 2006).
Created and co-directed with Diego López. Both plays were staged in independent and self-managed theaters.
Scenic project previous to Factoría La Estética November 2007 Cuarto del Rescate Gallery, Lima
SET DESIGNER
“Laberinto de Mounstruos” by Cesar de María Nacional Library Auditorium– Directed by: Roberto Ángeles, 2012.
“Sabotaje” Otras Apuestas, PUCP Cultural Center — Directed by: Diego López, 2006.
“Mejorando la Raza” 2006 Tatiana Fuentes Proyect, Túpac Cultural Center.
“Diana Desempleada” 2005, Diana Collazos Proyect, ENBA Cultural Center, Centro Histórico de Lima.
“Instalación X” written by Gerardo Ruiz, Casa Amarilla, San Martín, Barranco — Directed by: Roberto Ángeles, 2004.
“Parias” by Aldo Miyashiro, Alianza Francesa, Miraflores — Directed by: Paco Solís, 2004.
“Un Misterio Una Pasión” written by Aldo Miyashiro, Alianza Francesa, Miraflores — Directed by: Diego López & Aldo Miyashiro, 2003.
“Despertar de Primavera” written by Frank Wedekind, IPCNA, Miraflores — Directed by: Roberto Ángeles, 2002.
Congreso Iberoamericano de Política y Performance
Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York University & Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Pucp Cultural Center and ARTCO Gallery - San Isidro. 2002
“Laberinto de Monstruos” by César De María, IPCNA, Miraflores — Directed by: Roberto Ángeles, 2002 .
AWARDS
Alfa Romeo Art Contest, Lima 2007 Finalist
Artco Gallery, Lima.
Something Special International Art Contest, Lima 2004 First Prize
Universidad Mayor de San Marcos Cultural Center
XIV Concurso Nacional de Artistas Jóvenes Arequipa, Perú 2004 Second Prize
Peruvian North American Institute of Arequipa