Orbita #1 and #3 Diptych, 2019

Fredy Saul Serrano  

This artwork depicts a perfectly synchronized dance across an ocean of empty space, inspired by the "Astronomical" section of the Jet Chocolate Bar Natural History Album (1986 edition). The stickers depicting the "Total Solar Eclipse (version 1-2)," the "Lunar Eclipse," and the "Annular Solar Eclipse" were taken from this section. The pictorial representation of these images, created with acrylic paints and rapidograph on wood panels, is oriented toward geometric abstractionism, understood as a constructive approach that seeks to highlight the simple forms and color of the image on a single plane. Serrano's artistic work centers on an interest in exploring his territory and its representation. In recent years, he has focused on the natural sciences as an object of study for his research and creation, seeking to establish connections between remembered events and other fictions in his imagination. This line of work emerges from the investigations he has conducted in a territory called Laguna, whose meaning expands into synonyms and/or other definitions of the word—for example, when speaking of a "mental gap"—which are translated into the visual metaphors of this place, constructed from childhood memories. From Orbita Series Acrylic painting, ink drawing, and resin coating on a wooden altarpiece Overall size: 23.6 H x 62.8 D in. Individual size: 23.6 H x 31.4 D in. One of a kind.