Formulated as a twin-panel multi-piece installation printed using premium archival pigments on museum-grade paper, the unique masterpiece showcases Vélez's mastery in exploring the permanent human duality between goodness and evil, innocence and purity. The structured layout flows dynamically across two corresponding setups designed to map out contrast and formal balance: the first vertical panel captures a full-frontal female nude floating in a dynamic fetal and suspended flight pose under sharp lighting, while the second vertical panel balances this composition with a powerful female figure arching her body backward effortlessly against a solid, continuous deep blue and teal background field saturated with tiny streams of rising air bubbles.
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.
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Underwater Photography Diptych - Half Angels Half Demons 5 and 6, 2010
Half Angels Half Demons #5 and #6, 2010
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.












