Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera
Fever Dream
The paintings in this ongoing series are made using ashes of former objects and papers that once belonged to friends and acquaintances. The end of one medium becomes the beginning of another, exploring the concepts of obsolescence and atemporality. The imagery has been appropriated from film productions from the 1920s to the 1960s when the structures for the narrative in celluloid were still in their nascency. This early context justified the necessity of a more didactic sequence to engage the viewers and as such presented a complete marking of the end. Today we can access these films on a different scale and through different media, from personal computers to Youtube on one’s phone. The way we see and understand cinema is different. The Beginning (aka The End) is a reflection on the impermanency of things through the passing of time.
(clockwise from upper left)
The Beginning (aka The End) 23, 2016, State of the Union, Frank Capra, 1948
The Beginning (aka The End) 2, 2014, Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925
The Beginning (aka The End) 24, 2016, St. Louis Blues, Allen Resner, 1958
The Beginning (aka The End) 10, 2015, Spring in a Small Town, Fei Mu, 1948
The Beginning (aka The End) 22, 2016, Search for Beauty, Erle C. Kenton, 1934
The Beginning (aka The End) 21, 2016, Nezaposleni Ljudi (The Unemployed), Zelimir Zilnik, 1968
The Beginning (aka The End) 17, 2016, Crime and Punishment, Josef von Sternberg, 1935
The Beginning (aka The End) 25, 2017, Alraune (Unnatural), Arthur Maria Rabenalt, 1952
8 acrylic and ash paintings on canvas
11 x 14 in 28 x 36 cm each
50 x 30 in 127 x 76.2 cm overall
The Beginning (aka The End) 23, 2016, State of the Union, Frank Capra, 1948
The Beginning (aka The End) 2, 2014, Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925
The Beginning (aka The End) 24, 2016, St. Louis Blues, Allen Resner, 1958
The Beginning (aka The End) 10, 2015, Spring in a Small Town, Fei Mu, 1948
The Beginning (aka The End) 22, 2016, Search for Beauty, Erle C. Kenton, 1934
The Beginning (aka The End) 21, 2016, Nezaposleni Ljudi (The Unemployed), Zelimir Zilnik, 1968
The Beginning (aka The End) 17, 2016, Crime and Punishment, Josef von Sternberg, 1935
The Beginning (aka The End) 25, 2017, Alraune (Unnatural), Arthur Maria Rabenalt, 1952
8 acrylic and ash paintings on canvas
11 x 14 in 28 x 36 cm each
50 x 30 in 127 x 76.2 cm overall
