Mateo López (b. 1978, Colombia)
This is evident in the artist’s insistence on reflecting in a graphic manner and on the three dimensionality of drawing. For López, drawing manifests itself in atypical ways, with specific moods, and with a broad array of definitions that are useful for telling stories and recreating situations.
López considers his practice as a time line. He aims for a narration thread that connects a project with another. His relation with visual work based on visual associations echoes his approach to drawing. The passing of time in relation to architecture and paper has been a long-standing interest for the artist as well as the historical process of drawing and its link to science and technology.
For the past seven years, the artist has been working on projects that speak of cartography, journeys and construction processes. In addition, the themes of chance, encounter and the connection of events that take place in our daily life have also played an important role in his practice. The subject of López’s work is thus a reflection of the methodology he employs to approach drawing; it could be described as a chain reaction process in which one drawing leads to another, and so forth.
His most recent solo shows include: Casa Desorientada, Art|44|Basel Statements, Casas Riegner, Basel, Switzerland,2013 (upcoming); Casi un objeto, Travesia Cuatro, Madrid, España, 2013; Avenida primavera, Casa No.2,Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia, 2012; Irregular Hexagon, Colombian Art in Residence (curatedby José Roca), Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts, Jerusalem, Israel/72-13, Singapore City, Singapore,2012; Maio, Luisa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil, 2011; and Made to Measure, Gasworks, London, UK, 2010.
López has also participated in multiple group exhibitions, among them: 'A Trip from Here to There', MoMA, New York NY, 2013; 'Música', Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia, 2013; 'Imaginary Homelands', The Art Gallery of York University (AGYU), Toronto, Canada, 2012; 'Rotary Connection', Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York NY, 2012; 'The Peripatetic School: Itinerant Drawing from Latin America', Drawing Room, London, UK / Museo Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia, 2011-2012; 8th MercosurBiennial (curated by José Roca), Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2011 and 29th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil,2010.
artworks in collection
Edgardo Aragon
—b. 1985, Mexico
1 WorkEduardo Basualdo
—b.1977, Argentina
5 WorksDiego Bianchi
—b.1969, Argentina
1 WorkCarlito Carvalhosa
—b.1961, Brazil
1 WorkLeda Catunda
—b.1961, Brazil
2 WorksMarcos Chaves
—b.1961, Brazil
3 WorksAdriano Costa
—b.1975, Brazil
2 WorksNicola Costantino
—b.1964, Argentina
4 WorksAbraham Cruzvillegas
—b.1968, Mexico
1 WorkCaetano De Almeida
—b.1964, Brazil
1 WorkIran Do Espirito Santo
—b.1963, Brazil
1 WorkMatías Duville
—b.1974, Argentina
1 WorkOs Gemeos
—b.1974, Brazil
1 WorkSebastian Gordin
—b.1969, Argentina
1 WorkCarlos Huffmann
—b.1980, Argentina
2 WorksGabriel Kuri
—b.1970, Mexico
1 WorkSze Tsung Leong
—b.1970, Mexico
1 WorkLaura Lima
—b.1971, Brazil
1 WorkLos Carpinteros
—est.1991, Cuba
1 WorkJorge Macchi
—b.1963, Argentina
1 WorkRodrigo Matheus
—b. 1974, Brazil
1 WorkJorge Mayet
—b.1962, Cuba
1 WorkMoris (Israel Meza Moreno)
—b. 1978, Mexico
5 WorksMarcelo Moscheta
—b.1976, Brazil
1 WorkVik Muniz
—b.1961, Brazil
2 WorksLavar Munroe
—b.1982, Bahamas
2 WorksPaulo Nazareth
—b.1977, Brazil
1 WorkJorge Pedro Nuñez
—b.1976, Venezuela
1 WorkDamian Ortega
—b.1967, Mexico
2 WorksBernardo Ortiz
—b.1972, Colombia
2 WorksRodolpho Parigi
—b.1977, Brazil
1 WorkNicolas Paris
—b.1977, Colombia
1 WorkJosé Patrício
—b.1960, Brazil
1 WorkPedro Reyes
—b.1972, Mexico
3 WorksNicolas Robbio
—b.1975, Brazil
2 WorksThiago Rocha Pitta
—b.1980, Brazil
1 WorkRegina Silveira
—b.1939, Brazil
2 WorksRodrigo Torres
—b.1976, Colombia
3 WorksDelson Uchoa
—b.1956, Brazil
1 WorkErika Verzutti
—b.1971, Brazil
1 WorkAdrian Villar Rojas
—b.1980, Argentina
4 WorksLaura Vinci
—b.1962, Brazil
1 Work