Imanol Marrodán

Imanol Marrodán - Take a good look at me: Can't you see that I am the same as you? (Coded Paintings Series)

Artist Biography: Imanol Marrodán. Bilbao 1964, Basque Country. Interdisciplinary creator and researcher, he develops, among other activities, a critical work through various events related to art and contemporary thought as part of his personal creative project. The concept of limit, inspired by the idea of the ancient Roman "limes", cited by the philosopher Eugenio Trias as a metaphor for a civilized and rationally controlled knowledge, is the starting point of a concept of limit that is not understood as the end of something, but as a means for a new "beginning" of renewal, growth and evolution. It is the process of formation of an experience that shares a socio-political habitat in an industrial, materialistic, technological and artificial world, as opposed to a natural environment closely linked to the laws of the universe, which we hardly know, but which we continue to feel and intuit. As a conclusion and main priority, Imanol Marrodán's creative project seeks to highlight and bring to light the diverse uses, utilities and practical applications of contemporary creation as one of the essential driving forces behind the future of a social, political and economic community, contributing to determine, in a transversal manner, its changes and evolutions. He has exhibited in countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Korea, Argentina, Chile, Switzerland and the United States. His work has been shown in international contemporary art fairs such as ARCO, VALENCIA ART, ARTE SANTANDER and DFOTO (Spain), ART COLOGNE and KUNST KÖLN (Germany), KIAF (Seoul, Korea), ArteBA (Buenos Aires, Argentina), BALELATINA (Basel, Switzerland)... etc.... His work is widely represented in museums, public institutions and private collections.

Metallic paint lacquered with UVI varnish on aluminum sandwich panel with honeycomb core. Signed, titled and dated with permanent marker on the back of the aluminum panel. IMPORTANT: These paintings are never framed because it is essential that the edge of the painting is visible. Note: These works are made only and exclusively with industrial paints of high resistance and extraordinary permanence even to direct sunlight and climatic agents, water and humidity. It is practically unalterable. Work catalogued in different publications. CODIFIED PAINTINGS Nuclei of Emotion. Taking as a reference the analysis of deconstruction and the supposed unfeasibility of the codes of communication for representation, and more specifically of pictorial language, Imanol Marrodán, under a "heuristic" method and through his "Codified Paintings" intends to deny the historical representational quality of the pictorial method, to make his works independent "objects", finally freed from their representational obligation. It is the "Object Image" that asserts itself by its simple material presence and becomes an autonomous body, an "artifact" that claims a new way of being contemplated. The ontological reason for these paintings, called "Nuclei of Emotion" or "Coded Paintings", is determined by color and light, which are the essence of sensory communication and emotional transmission beyond any rational explanation. These objects are framed within the Zen aesthetic, and are a reference to the Taoist universe and Eastern thought and culture.