The artwork builds on a profound visual narrative exploring the permanent human duality between goodness and evil, purity and sin. Relying on historical religious archetypes that have ruled humanity for generations, the proposal translates the creator's gaze after more than 30 years dedicated to elite portraiture, managing to interpret the complex and delicate facets of human feeling and carnal tension. Balancing a single reclining male nude in a dynamic theatrical pose with his arm raised against an intertwined female figure seen from behind, both elements customized and layered over a dark, textured background field with subtle white fabric drapes.
The angel is a being that religion has bequeathed us as a sign of purity, innocence, and goodness, from the same source, we have been sold to the devil as the form that represents evil par excellence, and at all times we have used between the duality of what's good and bad. Goodness, evil, naivety, and sin, a diatribe that has ruled humanity for as long as we can think back. This sample, beyond being a judgment, is the gaze of a creator who, after more than 30 years dedicated to portraiture, has managed to know, experience, and interpret many of the facets of the HUMAN feeling.
Acquire this archival pigment print of an original conceptual nude photography by Mauricio Vélez and enrich your art collection.
Conceptual Nude Photography - Half Angels Half Demons 39, 2005
Half Angels Half Demons #39, 2005
From the series Half Angels Half Demons
Archival Pigment Print
Limited Edition.
Unframed
Born and based in Colombia, Mauricio Vélez has been an active photographer for over 30 years. A graduate of the European Institute of Design in Italy, Vélez has developed an extensive body of work across Latin America, the United States, and Spain. His photographs are found in highly prestigious collections at national and international level.
