Long Island City’s Space Art Gallery celebrated Mexican culture and the birth of Mexican leader and hero Benito Juarez. The event was held on March 22 with an opening reception for emerging artist, GABINO ABRAHAM CASTELAN. Gabino worked on his large -scale chalk murals directly onto the walls of the gallery since March 1. Gabino also have a number of smaller works on display for sale.
“My work investigates the sociocultural evolution throughout the different ages, cultural, and social developments. It aims to strengthen human relationships by engaging with the public realm – the streets, the open social and culture space. I do this through rescuing, preserving and recycling the materials, which come from the streets, books, and photographs. I call them Dead-Humble Objects. My murals have drawings of images I find in books on history, culture and society. I also include personal pictures, and pictures of working people in urban or rural communities. My questions aim to provoke human reflection and formalized social thinking,” says Gabino.
The murals are created by digitally processing the images he finds in books, working people in urban or rural communities. Using a video projector to project the images he constructs the drawings with chalk, charcoal, chalk pastels, and acrylic permanent markers. Through these murals, which are “Tension-Sculptures” he playfully creates tension between the objects – they balance each other. Through this visual tension, the spectator feels as the structure might or will fall down if it is touched or not touched. But, with Time this piece will collapse and his hand will build it again and give the spectator a new composition.
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