Immerse yourself in the intricate beauty of Color Origami Spiral I and II, Diptych, 2010. Mixed Media.This dynamic diptych captures the viewer’s attention with bold strokes and an intriguing composition. Each panel features swirling red and white forms that dominate the space, creating a sense of movement and energy. The juxtaposition of soft curves against sharp geometric lines evokes a tension that draws the eye. In the left panel, a partially visible figure reaches outward, while abstract text overlays the canvas, adding layers of meaning and mystery. The right panel mirrors this motion, with the figure's gesture mirrored and enhanced by contrasting black patterns that slice through the background. The use of vibrant red against stark white and black provides a striking visual contrast, emphasizing the drama within each piece. This artwork challenges traditional boundaries, seamlessly blending figuration with abstraction to deliver a compelling visual experience.
Color Origami Spiral I and II, Diptych, 2010. Mixed Media
Color Origami Spiral I and II, Diptych, 2010
Mixed Media Archival pigment print
Dimensions: 43 H x 58 W in.
Unique
Mounted on aluminum
Efren Isaza, one of Colombia’s most influential fashion photographers, initially studied fashion design. He united his interest in fashion with one of his earliest passions: photography. Graceful female figures lounge in fashionable poses. Paper costumes that seem borrowed from Oskar Schlemmer’s triadic ballet make the ballerinas look like marionettes.
Their dislocation recalls the puppets Hans Bellmer featured in his surreal photographic experiments. Frida Kahlo’s face with her dark, furrowed eyebrows, peers at the viewer out of different scenes; her hair is knotted artfully on her head.The allusions evoked in the imaginative creations of Colombian Fashion photographer Isaza are diverse: he cites and alienates an arsenal of styles before melding them into new compositions OF ONE OF A KIND LIMITED EDITION ARTWORK. It might be a certain scene, a poem, a petal of a flower, or the idea of a person that inspires a new work. His passion for breaking the boundaries of traditional fashion photography is palpable in each of Isaza’s unique works. He is less concerned with fashion than the image, the play of contrasts and the magic and the emotions sometimes saturnine,sometimes buoyant, sometimes surreal, and yet always beguiling that the image transports.
