Untitled 21 From the Mexican Ry?an-ji Series, 2019

Francisco Larios  

This striking artwork presents an intricate play of geometric patterns and illusions on a golden canvas. The piece features a central, multifaceted shape that appears to shift and rotate, drawing the viewer into its optical depths. Surrounding this central form are meticulously aligned stripes that manipulate perception, creating a dynamic sense of movement and depth. The precise lines intersect and diverge, forming an elegant labyrinth of visual intrigue. The use of gold imbues the piece with a regal and timeless quality, while the dark border frames the artwork, emphasizing its complexity and symmetry. This masterful blend of geometry and illusion challenges the observer’s perception, inviting continuous exploration and interpretation. The artwork’s bold yet refined aesthetic makes it a mesmerizing focal point, highlighting the artist’s exceptional skill in creating visual tension and harmony.

Untitled 21, 2019 by Francisco Larios Lacquer, Acrylic, oil, and gold leaf on MDF Deep Image Size: 9.5 in. H x 9.5 in. W Frame Size: 11.6 in. H x 11.6 in. W x 1.5 in. D One of a kind 

 From the Mexican Ryōan-ji Series

Ryōan-ji is the Japanese Zen temple in Kyoto, a monastery that gave rise to the idea of ​​the purely abstract Zen garden that inspired this series Francisco Larios’ works are done by hand with hundreds of layers of gold leaf. The artist’s goal is to allow the work to age along with the collector, which is why some works will appear unbalanced in color. Parts of the work will have different tones, burnish spots, or small, soft cracks.

* Francisco Larios works with painting, open concept drawing and 3D modeling software. In this series of works, postmodern influences are recognized by simplified forms, lines and sacred geometry. works are done by hand with hundreds of layers of gold leaf. The artist’s goal is to allow the work to age along with the collector, which is why some works will appear unbalanced on the color. Parts of the work will have different tones, burnish spots, or small, soft cracks. Francisco Larios practices painting, open-concept drawing and the use of software to create two and three-dimensional visual environments. In his imaginary, the post modern condition is achieved in terms that contemporary culture is the starting point for the elaboration of sceneries that manifest the return to sacred references, philosophical themes and immemorial fabulations. In Larios' work landscape is treated conceptually, sometimes, as the space where studies of the dreamlike, the bond between human beings and their surroundings, and the nature of objects develop; in other cases as the practice of graphic representation of mathematical, physical and musical principles which part from the idea of horizon as divisive line and as limit. Larios production is a poetic, ironic and reflexive exploration on the state of our relationship with faith, will and destiny.