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Cara Azul,
2025
Enrique Pichardo
Painting : acrylic, graphite mine
100 x 75 x 8 cm 39.4 x 29.5 x 3.1 inch
$1,331
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100 x 75 x 8 cm 39.4 x 29.5 x 3.1 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: Mexico
Blue Face by Enrique Pichardo as a symbol of expressive calm
Blue Face by Enrique Pichardo is a piece that manages to capture, in its apparent simplicity, a powerful sense of introspection and balance. The painting is built upon the concept of the "blue face" as a symbol of serenity and emotional reflection. The face that emerges at the center of the composition stands out against a vibrant background of deliberate yet measured strokes, as if each line were guided by a will to communicate more with less.
Defined by the artist as a bare body, this work displays a minimalist aesthetic where just a few strokes and a selective color palette convey a deep sense of harmony. The composition is perfectly balanced, and the calm, fixed blue gaze becomes a direct point of connection with the viewer. Created with acrylic on canvas, 75 x 100 cm in size, Blue Face invites a contemplative and quiet reading. Its abstract expressionist style comes through in its spontaneous, fluid lines and the warmth of its colors, where red, blue, white and black predominate. Emotions like joy, longing, power and playfulness live together on the same surface, creating a visual field where Pichardo's childlike innocence and creative freedom merge into a single pictorial gesture.
An artist who paints with soul, rhythm and memory
Enrique Pichardo is not just a painter; he is an eternal child who expresses what others suppress. His art is born of visceral impulse, where body, mind and spirit move together in a chromatic dance that breaks away from the limitations of academic painting. Influenced by music, his compositions behave like visual scores, improvising shapes and colors with emotional logic.
Pichardo has developed a distinctive style, driven by intuition and a desire to experiment. Each work of his is a testimony to his need to express the essential aspects of life through an honest, accessible, and deeply human visual language. The innocence in his work is not naivety, but a deliberate aesthetic choice that favors emotional truth over formal precision.
Blue Face by Enrique Pichardo and his path among giants
Blue Face by Enrique Pichardo is not an isolated case within his oeuvre, but part of a coherent and robust narrative built over years. Enrique Pichardo Egea trained at the renowned Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado La Esmeralda, where iconic Mexican artists such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera also studied. This strong foundation gave him the technical base that he would later break with complete creative freedom.
Pichardo's works have been exhibited in major galleries and cultural venues around the world, including cities like Miami, Madrid, Singapore, Vienna and Ghent. His visual language echoes the fragmented cubism of Picasso and the symbolic dimension of Miró's surrealism. However, his work is never derivative; it reveals his own personal obsessions and inner world full of magical characters, impossible architectures and emotions painted in bold color.
A face that looks back with tenderness and strength
Encountering Blue Face by Enrique Pichardo is an invitation to pause and listen to what a painted gaze in blue is trying to tell us. With minimal elements, this piece becomes a manifesto of introspective power. The face is not just a form, but a symbolic mirror in which the viewer can recognize themselves, get lost and be found again.
In this way, the painting, the artist and his journey come together in one powerful piece that evokes serenity and joy, order and play, intimacy and collectiveness. Enrique Pichardo reminds us that art can be simple and profound at once, and that within a single blue gaze, an entire universe of shared emotions can unfold.
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Enrique Pichardo Egea, a being of remarkable artistic temperament, unfolds before our eyes a singularly fascinating perspective. He is not just an artist; rather, he is a child with many years, as his strokes and creations transcend chronological barriers and embody the essence of sublime innocence.
Born in Mexico City on April 17, 1973, Pichardo has cultivated an innate connection with art from a tender age, finding in the simplest expressions the source of his purest joy.
Pichardo's trajectory has been built upon an intricate path, a journey fraught with crossroads and obstacles overcome with determination. After a period of experimentation during his formative years, the illustrious creator decided to reclaim what ignited the flame of his childhood passion, guiding his steps towards the revered institution of the National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking, known as "La Esmeralda". However, within that sacred abode of art, Pichardo refused to be confined by what he perceived as a rigid and bureaucratic framework. Instead, he chose to rescue the naturalness of creative innocence that had inhabited him since childhood.
He returned to the primordial, to the realm of freedom, ceaselessly experimenting until he rediscovered the imprint that had pulsed within him since his early years, ultimately defining the distinctive style he proudly wields today with singular mastery.
Today, the eight-year-old child dwelling deep within Enrique Pichardo manifests himself in all his magnificence through a pictorial composition infused with his inimitable personality, where body, mind, and soul converge harmoniously. Thus, the virtuoso artist presents us with authentic, intimate communications, imbued with a musical, obsessive, and compulsive style. Mexican expressionism, in its contemporary manifestation, finds its most eloquent representation in him, one that has earned well-deserved recognition and immense applause in the vast Latin artistic universe and transcended borders.
Pichardo's distinctive symbolism, inspired by the everyday transformed into pulsating life, as well as primordial beings steeped in magic and vibrant spirituality, combines to create a visual language that captivates and seduces the most discerning audiences.
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