Circuit #16 Diptych A-B is a magnificent abstract work of two vertical panels in which Alec Franco investigates the invisible bonds that structure the modern world. Against a backdrop of deep blue and petroleum, which act as a celluloid space, the artist unfolds a vibrant whirlwind of biomorphic silhouettes. Through a sophisticated mixed-media technique that juxtaposes acrylic, pastel chalk, and asphalt, enormous continuous loops and fluid forms in brilliant turquoise and cream simulate the behavior of cells or vital fluids in motion. The work invites the viewer to contemplate our own position in an environment where the organic and the technological coexist, intersect, and merge in a definitive way.
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.
Contemporary biomorphic abstract expressionist painting. From Circuitos series. Available at The Art Design Project, Miami Beach
Organic Nature Painting - Circuito #16 A- B Diptych, 2019. By Alec Franco
Circuito #16 A- B (Diptych), 2019
From the Circuitos Series
Acrylic, pastel, and asphalt paint on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall size: 72.8 H x 35.4 W in.
Individual size: 72.8 H x 17.7 W in.
Unique
Unframed
Mix media on canvas
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.
