Sombrero y culebra
By juxtaposing a blue hat, four pieces from a domino game, and a snake on a background of pink wallpaper, like the images in the books and magazines she collects, Sol Calero draws on two different traditions. On the one hand, she refers to her South American origins through the bright colours and the snake, present in Mesoamerican art with the figure of the god Quetzalcoatl. On the other hand, following a residency in Nice, her paintings reflect the influence of Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall, through the free use of colour, the absence of perspective, and the reinvention of the still life genre that are at work in their canvases. More broadly, the symbols of the hat, the snake, and the dominoes appear as abstract images born of the artist’s own memories. They embody issues such as memory, oral transmission, and heritage, inviting us to question the norms of the European perception of the world.
Text written by Chiara Perez as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
Amtsalon, Berlin (Allemagne)
from 01 Dec to 05 Dec 2021
Frieze Art Fair , Londres (Angleterre)
from 03 Oct to 06 Oct 2019
Galerie ChertLüdde, Berlin (Allemagne)
from 26 Apr to 15 Jun 2019