Manuel Vilches
Manuel Vilches (Badajoz, 1963) makes his compositions from digital prints, on aluminium and canvas, over which he pictorially intervenes in oil paint. Mixtures in which photography and painting converge and converse. In his latest artistic productions photography plays a greater role compared with the subtle presence of oil paint. The artist perfects the illusion by covering the walls of buildings with multicoloured panels which cover them like a skin
Manuel Vilches (Badajoz, 1963) makes his compositions from digital prints, on aluminium and canvas, over which he pictorially intervenes in oil paint. Mixtures in which photography and painting converge and converse. In his latest artistic productions photography plays a greater role compared with the subtle presence of oil paint. The artist perfects the illusion by covering the walls of buildings with multicoloured panels which cover them like a skin
making us question where the boundary between reality and imagination lies and providing three-dimensional architecture with two-dimensional pictorality. The images show empty architectonic constructions. Devoid of any human trace, even making such a presence seem impossible, they seem to be an ambiguous space, lacking in identity.
making us question where the boundary between reality and imagination lies and providing three-dimensional architecture with two-dimensional pictorality. The images show empty architectonic constructions. Devoid of any human trace, even making such a presence seem impossible, they seem to be an ambiguous space, lacking in identity.
