Ana Mercedes Hoyos
Bio
Ana Mercedes Hoyos (Bogotá 1942- 2014)
Was a Colombian painter, sculptor and a pioneer in modern art in the country. In her half-century of artistic works, she garnered over seventeen awards of national and international recognition. Beginning her career in a Pop Art style which moved towards abstract, her trajectory moved toward cubism and realism as she explored light, color, sensuality and the bounty of her surroundings. Her reinterpretations of master painters led her to an exploration of Colombian multiculturalism, and her later works focused on Afro-Colombian and mestizo heritage within the Colombian landscape.
By the mid-1970s Hoyos' series Atmósferas (Atmospheres) breaks through the window and the images explore the unfettered expanse of light, abandoning the frame entirely.Painting with alternating layers of various colors with each followed by a white layer, she explored the depths of color focused in light.
Statement
El interés de Ana Mercedes Hoyos por la realidad americana, la problemática de la raza negra en América y su trasfondo histórico o antropológico, llevaron a la artista a explorar la región de Cartagena de Indias, con una particular inclinación por temas diversos como la Fiesta de San Basilio de Palenque con sus personajes y sus costumbres. A partir de 1987, ha realizado una serie de obras figurativas con motivos nacionales colombianos: bodegones -partiendo de los platones de las vendedoras de frutas de Cartagena- y una serie de Papagayos. De la misma forma, ha incursionado en el arte de la escultura, trabajando con diferentes formatos, tamaños y materiales.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
