| FEATURED ARTIST: Javier Arrillaga discusses how females and dance influence his sculptures |
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May 4, 2011
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This month’s Featured Artist is Javier Arrillaga, a Mexican artist. Javier studied fine art at the Center for Fine Art IMSS in Mexico, and has taken artists’ workshops in various techniques and materials in drawing, painting and etchings in Havana, Cuba. His sculptures made mainly of wire, epoxy resin and enamel compose figures of women, dancers and animals. To see more of his work, click on www.artistamundo.com/JAVIERARRILLAGA64.
Javier talks to ArtistaMundo about his sculptures of women, what influences his work and his favorite past-time.
Q: How was the series of sculptures on women and dancers created?
A: The ballerinas came about from the great admiration I have toward women – their beauty, delicacy, etc. I like this to come out in my sculptures, with much fluidity and sensuality; with interminable lines and curves; and a bit of mystery.. the pieces do not have a defined face nor details. They are all a bit abstract. And dance embodies all of those features.
Q: What influences your work and what are your preferred themes?
A: My influences come from everything I see and feel. An instant, a moment… all artists bring something personal to their work. I do what I feel. To me, art is about trying things... and if I manage to touch the senses of the viewer, then I win!
Q: What are you passionate about and what do you like to do in your spare time?
A: I consider myself a fine artist in general. I like to do everything: painting, sculpture, conceptual art, clothing design, jewelry. And another passion and source of inspiration to me is photography. I can spend a whole afternoon looking at a sunset, capturing that marvelous instant. That for me is what life is about -- capturing every moment.
Photo Credit: "Tomando el sol" by Javier Arrillaga
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