Gen I, V, and IV, Triptych is a masterful three-panel work in which Alec Franco explores the morphology of our genetic sequence, transforming the canvas into a plastic laboratory of self-discovery. Through heterogeneous backgrounds ranging from textured white to deep, dark purple, the artist delineates three "nuclei," or independent yet interconnected molecular segments. Each panel functions as a cellular map of veiled data: chains of fluid, organic lines intertwine like nucleic bonds, enclosing masses of vibrant color (electric yellows, turquoises, acid greens, and magentas). The work moves between the tension of initial horror at the mystery of our own hidden identity and the joyful exuberance of self-knowledge. Franco uses matter and expressionistic brushstrokes to plastically decipher what science explains with formulas, offering the viewer an aesthetic path to access the secret key we all carry within us but cannot decipher.
Gen #1, #5 and #4, Triptych, 2021, is an extraordinary abstract painting exhibited by The Art Design Project, a contemporary art gallery in Miami, Florida, that promotes both established and emerging artists. This piece delves into the intricacies of human identity, echoing how DNA is genetic information, hidden and encrypted in body fluids. These veiled data patterns make us unique yet elusive, forming our concrete individuality. The triptych powerfully visualizes these unseen and unknown specifications, which only certain experts can decipher. Visit theartdesignproject to experience this captivating work and explore how abstract art can reflect the profound, hidden aspects of our being.
Explore 'Gen I, V and IV'. An abstract triptych in mixed media that deciphers the cryptography and morphology of DNA through vibrant color and texture. From GEN/ADN series. Available at The Art Design Project, Miami Beach
Abstract Mixed Media Triptych - Gen #1, #5 and #4 By Alec Franco
Gen #1, #5 and #4, Triptych, 2021
From The GEN/ADN Series
Mixed media (Acrylic, pastel chalk) on paper
Dimensions:
Overall size: 19.6 H x 41.3 W in.
Individual size: 19.6 H x 13.7 W in.
Unframed
Signed by the artist
Alec Franco was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he currently resides. He has been a graphic designer since 1995. He began painting in 1991 and in 1993 he attended the drawing and airbrushing workshops of Ignacio Otero. His training continues in the workshops of Abstract Expressionism of Marco Otero, of Essentialism with Heriberto Zorrilla and Helena Distéfano. By 2012 he deepened his technique with Sergio Bazán and later perfected it in the clinic of Fabiana Barreda and that of María Carolina Baulo who was the curator of one of his latest samples Harena. He has been an editor together with other artists, writers, and designers of Hoornik Collection Art Magazine since 2016. Franco has made numerous samples between 2011 and 2017: at The Redchurch Gallery in Shoreditch, London in 2012-2013; at Stupid Perfection at the Borges Cultural Center in 2013; at the Buenos Aires Design in 2015; in the same year in the Honorable Senate of the Argentine Nation and in the Recoleta Cultural Center of Buenos Aires; the following year at the San Isidro Open Studio. The most recent: Harena, was exhibited at the Newbery Central Gallery and the Esteban Lisa Foundation in 2017.
