La Petite Mort Gallery

VICTOR HERNANDEZ, WHO LIVES AND WORKS IN MEXICO CITY, IS A DESIGNER AND A PRINTMAKER WHO SPECIALIZES IN LARGE LINOCUTS.HE WAS TRAINED AT THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PLASTIC ARTS IN MEXICO WITH FURTHER STUDIES IN POLAND AND FRANCE. HE HAS PRESENTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN POLAND ,MEXICO,CANADA,  AND HAS ALSO EXHIBITED HIS WORK IN GROUPS SHOWS IN THOSE 2 COUNTRIES AS WELL AS CANADA, CUBA, NORWAY,JAPAN,GERMANY,BULGARIA, ITALY,AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC.HE WAS AWARDED IN THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PRINT TRIENNALE  ULUS 2011, IN BELGRADE, SERBIE .

MR. HERNANDEZ PROVOCATIVE AND EMOTIONAL WORK IS BASED IN THE TRADITIONS AND AESTHETICS OF GROTHESQUE ART.

THE PROCESS SHOWED IN MY GRAPHICS AND DRAWINGS,WICH INVOLVES CONCEPTS AS WEB AS TECHNIQUES, IS TO COMPARE WITH  TRAVELING,WHERE IMAGE AND PLAY ARE CURRENT ISSUES.

THIS PROCESS ALSO INCLUDES THE FORMAL LINES WICH GIVES STRUCTURE IN SPACE AND FORM TO EACH ONE OF MY WORKS.WHEN I TALK ABOUT IMAGE AND PLAY I AM THUS POINTING TO AN ANEMIC AND EMOTIONAL IMPULSE WHICH BRINGS US A GRAPHIC SCRIPT UNDOUBTEDLY RELATED WITH POETRY.

MY DRAWINGS AND GRAPHIC CREATIONS HAVE A METAPHORIC MEANING, THUS IN MY OPINION, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE OBSERVER TO MAKE HIS/ HER OWN INTERPRETATION AND OWN NARRATIVE. IN SOME CASES THESE MIGHT BECOME ANECDOTE. UNDER THE RULES OF GROTESQUE AESTHETIC, I EMPHASIZE TOO MUCH  ON IRONIC AND HILARIOUS FANTASIES WHERE HUMANS SHARE THEIR BEINGS WITH ANIMALS , CREATING HYBRID FORMS; THUS WE TALK ABOUT ANTROPOMORPHOUS ANIMALS, IMAGINARY BEASTS,ANIMALS AND FANTASTIC CROSS BREEDING WHICH  BUILD UP  VARIOUS POETIC VISUAL METAPHORS.

DANS LA SÉRIE DE DESSINS “ LES DERNIERES VOLS” LA MÉTAPHORE PRINCIPALE EST LE CONFLIT DE L´OUVRAGE HUMAIN  CONTRE LA NATURE. LA LUTTE POUR LE POUVOIR  PAR TERRE OU DANS

L´AIR POSSEDE LE MEME SPRIT DE DOMINATION. LA RATIONALITÉ  DE L ´HOMME NE TOUCHE PAS SPIRITUELLEMENT LA TERRE, SON IRRATIONALITÉ LA TOUCHE DESPECTIVEMENT AVEC TOUTE LA NATURE  QUE L´HABITE.

LA TERRE NOUS RACONTE D´HISTOIRES QUAND NOUS SAVONS LA PROFITER,QUAND ON SAIT LA TOUCHER. LA SYMBIOSE FIGURATIVE OU IL Y A  D´ÉLEMENTS ANTROPOMORPHES ME PERMET D´ARRIVER A UNE DESCRIPTION  D´UN MONDE MULTIDIMENSIONAL.

LA FIGURATION QUE JE PROPOSE EST LE PORTARAIT VIVANT ET VARIABLE DE NOTRE TEMPS, EN PRODUISANT DE CHARGES MÉTAPHORIQUES, D´ÉVENEMENTS CONTEMPORAINES.

LE CIEL EST HABITÉ PAR UNE SOCIETE ANTROPOZOOMORPHE TUMULTUEUSE DONT LES PERSONNAGES VOLENT DANS TOUTES LES DIRECTIONS, MAIS VERS AUCUNE PARTIE.

HERNANDEZ USES A TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES OF DRAWINGS( PASTELS), TO CONVEY CONTEMPORARY TIMES,ILLUSTRATED IN THE FORM OF “ FLYING ANIMALIA” REPRESENTING THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE EPHEMERAL.