Retrato en fondo rojo,
2025
Enrique Pichardo
Painting : acrylic
120 x 100 x 8 cm 47.2 x 39.4 x 3.1 inch
€1,774
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Dimensions cm • inch
120 x 100 x 8 cm 47.2 x 39.4 x 3.1 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork sold in perfect condition
Artwork location: Mexico
Retrato en fondo rojo artwork by Enrique Pichardo is a chromatic symphony of vital expression
captures emotional energy in its rawest form. Measuring 100x120 cm and painted in acrylic, this piece stands as a symbolic portrait where the human figure merges with a vibrant red background that becomes an emotional stage. The title is no coincidence, for the red does not merely surround, it burns, it pulses, it communicates. It beats like a heart, intensifying each stroke and endowing the central figure with an almost ritual intensity.
This demonstrates how flat forms and simple lines can articulate a powerful language. The figure emerges from abstraction with the serenity of a sculpture and the mystery of a symbol. Pichardo strips the figure down to its purest essence, achieving a total expression with minimal means. The artwork breathes euphoria, longing, joy and vigor through a palette that is not decorative but deeply emotional. Composed of reds, greens, blues and yellows, the color palette creates a visual universe guided not by rules but by the artist's vital impulse.
A playful gaze as a tool for authentic creation
Enrique Pichardo paints like one who plays, but also like one who remembers. He is not merely an artist; he is a child with many years who still views the world with wonder. His characters are born from that gaze, free of technical constraints, filled with intuition, joy and magic. His experimental work avoids formulas, blending abstraction and expressionism into a personal and ever-evolving language.
Each piece is a celebration of the present. His canvases are visual songs of life, where everything is color, symbol and emotion. In his paintings there are no hierarchies or academic constraints. What prevails is expressive honesty, joy in the process and a profound need to share beauty.
Retrato en fondo rojo artwork by Enrique Pichardo within a moving and solid career
belongs to a trajectory that has made its way into both revered institutions and emerging platforms. His work has been exhibited in major museums in Mexico City such as Palacio de Bellas Artes, Frida Kahlo Museum, Museo de Arte Popular, Dolores Olmedo Museum and the National Museum of Popular Cultures. In each of these places, his visual language resonates with power and authenticity.
His global presence has grown thanks to the interest of collectors and his participation in digital exhibitions, which have expanded his reach worldwide. Pichardo's style, merging Calder's geometric structures with Warhol's popular vitality, has forged a unique and universal artistic voice. His painting is at once deeply local and powerfully global.
A portrait that stares back from within is not merely a representation but a presence. The figure in the painting does not look outward but speaks inwardly through its chromatic silence. It reminds us that emotion can be captured in a single line, that the soul can surface in a single stroke.
This piece is a celebration of creative freedom, a testament to the symbolic power of color and an example of how art can speak without saying a word. In its red background dwell questions, celebrations and silent gazes that remain long after the viewing ends.
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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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