Circuit #22 is a hypnotic composition where Alec Franco materializes the invisible bonds of the modern ecosystem. Against an abyss of absolute black background that simulates a dense cellular space, an amalgam of biomorphic forms expands, evoking the fluidity of living tissues and fluids. Through the material layering of mixed media, Franco allows color to flow and merge energetically, inviting the viewer to contemplate the thin line where human nature and artificiality coexist.
The work explores the interconnection between organic nature and circuits, reflecting the relationships between human beings. On the canvas, organic shapes are displayed that evoke biological structures, such as cells or fluids, intertwined with patterns of circuits and connections. Contrasting colors are used to represent the tension between the natural and the artificial. Areas of color flow and merge, creating a sense of movement and energy, while the geometric lines of the circuits add structure that contrasts with the softness of the organic shapes.
Explore a biomorphic abstract expressionism mixed media painting on canvas that merges cellular softness with technological networks. From Circuitos series. Available at The Art Design Project, Miami Beach
Biomorphic Abstract Expressionism - Circuito #22, 2022. By Alec Franco
Circuito #22, 2022
From the Circuitos Series
Mixed media on black canvas
Dimensions: 35.4 H x 19.6 W in.
Unframed
Signed by 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.
