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Mendez-Liska’s philosophy can be interpreted as an invitation to explore and discover new horizons beyond the surface level of things. Through his artistic installations, he creates a space that not only divides but also invites the observer to find their own way. By reducing his artwork to the structure of the material and pure white, he is exploring a meditative, tangible, and cosmic space. This suggests that Mendez-Liska is moving beyond his archaic, down-to-earth foundation towards a more expansive and transcendent understanding of the world around him. His approach to communication also reflects this philosophy, as he encourages his audience to look beyond the surface level of what he is saying and to delve deeper into the meaning behind his words. Overall, Mendez-Liska’s philosophy emphasizes the importance of exploration, discovery, and the pursuit of knowledge and understanding beyond what is readily apparent.

Text extract © Thomas Mark 2008

drawings
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drawings

At first sight, his compositions on paper remind of the architectural sketches. The architecture of the city, its spatial relations in the matter and its lack, the play of light and shadow between them, were, in fact, a crucial starting…

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paintings

Gustavo continues his tireless research based on his on the basis of his fellow countrymen, never letting go of his keen curiosity to broaden his horizons beyond the pictorial technique of painting and drawing, today Gustavo presents us not only…

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objects

Geometric constructions in which he works the space as the body of the spectator as the body of a structure that establishes a temporal suspension that that hovers over the concept of his research that comes from the beginning, there…

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intallations

In the work it is not enough just to demonstrate through cut-outs, superimpositions, lines and black masses that invade the pictorial space, but we can also feel, visualise, penetrate this world of plots and locks that Gustavo presents us with.

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