Victor Hugo Zayas: Mi Obra

 Victor Hugo Zayas : Mi Obra will be on display in Laguna Art Museum ’s lower level galleries and will feature paintings and sculptures created in the last five years by contemporary Los Angeles artist Victor Hugo Zayas . With a keen sense of observation, Zayas works swiftly. His subject matter encompasses the figure, landscape, and cityscape in which the breadth and generosity of his paints cover canvas and surprisingly, paper. Looking to European masters such as Velázquez, Titian, Rembrandt, Fragonard, and Goya, Zayas has developed an expressionist style of paint handling involving a landscape that is visceral, moody, and passionate.
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The exhibition will also include Zayas’s sculptures made of metal- largely linear and abstract - giving a sense of kinetic movement. Zayas’s sculptures draw attention to form. The expressionist energy seen in Zayas’s paintings is transformed in the composition and negative spaces of his sculptures.
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Zayas will also create a new large-scale sculpture that will be donated to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). For this new sculpture, Zayas will use the melted metal from the LAPD Gun Disposal Program. Taking the guns used for violence, Zayas captures the opportunity to create a work aiming to be a symbol of peace. This work will be displayed for the first time as part of the exhibition before being gifted to the LAPD.
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Born in 1961 and raised in Mazatlan, Mexico by a French father and a Mexican mother with Spanish ethnicity, Zayas grew up spending part of his time in Mexico and the other part in San Diego. Zayas won a full scholarship to the United States International University, School of Performing and Visual Arts in San Diego. Zayas then attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena to complete his BFA.
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Victor Hugo Zayas: Mi Obra will be guest-curated by Gregorio Luke. An expert on Mexican and Latin American art and culture, Luke is also a compelling speaker and lecturer. He is the former Director of the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, former Consul of Cultural Affairs of Mexico in Los Angeles, and the First Secretary of the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C.

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KünstlerInnen:  Victor Hugo Zayas