Rodolfo Opazo, Chile

Opazo was born in 1935. Opazo studied at the School of Fine Art at the University of Chile and the Graphic Art Center in New York. He was awarded the National Prize for Fine Art in 2001 by the Chilean government. His work is characterized by a dream-like figuration, which combines zones of flat color with volumetric forms. He gave his work a sculptural treatment in his project for Cuerpos Pintados. As with each of his paintings, the figure is stretched and forms are lengthened, losing their customary perspective. The oblique angles from which the photographs of the works are taken recreates Opazo’s singular world.