Raymundo Andrade, (Mexico)
A Doctor of Medicine and a Doctor of Letters in History, Raymundo Andrade fuses a unique academic background with his art. Suspending his images in a timeless reverie, a delicate veil of warm muted tones prevails on the surfaces of Andrades work. The artist has a consummate interest in the dichotomies that exist between the past and present, combining the pagan with the religious, and society with science. His works clearly pay tribute to both the native and Spanish cultures that are such a part of the Latin American vast cultural heritage. He takes the viewer through a roller coaster ride of what is real and surreal. This ultimately results in a nostalgic journey that maps paradoxes of his childhood lived memory. Andrades images can also be identified with the subject matter of traditional Mexican colonial art, the handling of landscape and still life with that of the Dutch masters, such as Vermeer, and the handling of atmospheric traditions with that of Leonardo da Vinci.
A Doctor of Medicine and a Doctor of Letters in History, Raymundo Andrade fuses a unique academic background with his art. Suspending his images in a timeless reverie, a delicate veil of warm muted tones prevails on the surfaces of Andrades work. The artist has a consummate interest in the dichotomies that exist between the past and present, combining the pagan with the religious, and society with science. His works clearly pay tribute to both the native and Spanish cultures that are such a part of the Latin American vast cultural heritage. He takes the viewer through a roller coaster ride of what is real and surreal. This ultimately results in a nostalgic journey that maps paradoxes of his childhood lived memory. Andrades images can also be identified with the subject matter of traditional Mexican colonial art, the handling of landscape and still life with that of the Dutch masters, such as Vermeer, and the handling of atmospheric traditions with that of Leonardo da Vinci.
