May 2, 2011

Emilio Lobato Lecture Live Tweeted

Emilio Lobato 2011. Photo by Kirk Speer
Emilio Lobato lectured at the FAC Sun. May 1, 2011. The artist received a warm welcome with an introduction by curator Tariana Navas-Nieves. He discussed his influences, artistic interests, and the effect that growing up in Colorado's San Luis Valley had on his aesthetic sensibilities.

If you missed the lecture, here's the FAC's twitter stream covering the presentation.

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Why minimalism? Growing up with the minimalism of desert spaces and shapes. Is that a car on the horizon? Animal?

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Not proprietary about his work "if someone buys a painting and they want to hang it facing the wall, then ok if that's what speaks to them"

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on why he doesn't collage pages of music. "I've seen sheet music used in gimmicky ways."

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"The weaving tradition and wool are in my DNA...used graphic tape to created the woven effect." Oil paint layers create patina

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Symbolism of numbers: interesting because you don't always know what people are counting, what they're ordering.

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piece called "Overall" which in spanish also means "overcoat." Ironically on display at a library.

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uses black often in his work. His mother wouldn't allow her children to wear black. It was the color of mourning.

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Watching weavers; they construct work one thin strand at a time, same way we weave meaning into our lives.

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"I love my work illuminated by candlelight...very different quality than when lit by the sun."

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began collaging book pages right side up when he noticed people contorting themselves to read his work.

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often collages print fragments. "When you tear a page out of a book, you basically ruin its continuity."

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fascinated by humans as a visual species: dictionaries are great but the illustrations carry more weight.

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We live in hard boxes but are always attracted to nature. Pursuing organic lines is related.

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on universal language: there are gestures, facial expressions that in context are universal.

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on Western light exposure in the autumn: makes him want to sit at a jeweler's bench and sculpt silver.

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on early work: kinetic and energetic. Jokingly calls his style "Baroque Minimalism."

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's roots in Colorado's San Luis valley gave him a sense of expansiveness coupled with textural details.

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defines Solitude as both a physical and spiritual state.

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