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Miguel Paredes
1691 Michigan Avenue Miami Beach FL 33139
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Miguel Paredes' boundless
approach to the canvas is evident upon sight, communicated through his
vibrant and eclectic artistic style; a meshing of abstracted figurative
painting, rich with line drawings and floral elements. Working in mixed
media, Paredes' work is energetic, sometimes frantically so.
Paredes' canvases come alive with line work, and buzz with a diverse and complex system of methodical layers. He mixes elements of stylized city scenes upon backgrounds of abstract thoughts and ideas, bold surface elements that seep into his canvas from the realms of internal expression. In his painting "Madonna and Child", flowers crawl down the canvas to frame an interior scene, as though they were painted onto a pane of glass. The flowers are symbols of our memory, in the unique way that thoughts often reveal themselves. However, unlike common depictions of the classic Madonna and Child, Paredes utilizes the urban youth symbolized by the iconic break-dancer of an age not long forgotten.
Humming with detail and infused with the electricity of the urban pulse, Paredes' paintings also include atmospheric texts. It is here that Miguel's graphic inclinations shine through, words taking on the look of messages scribed upon the surface of a photograph. Using a wide palette of color represented by both rich, solid forms, and figures composed of mingling hues, Miguel suggests a certain transparency and insight. Viscous colors often drip down Paredes' canvases, adding movement to already active planes. With white line work on black backgrounds, and colors glowing like bright neon lights, Paredes' darker paintings register as the semi-familiarity of inverted images, and the darkness of humid city nights. Here is where we see the duality of his culture. His upbringing in New York City, and life in Miami inspires this exploration of urban themes, and more particularly, provides insight into the human condition.
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Miguel Paredes, EL GRAN, 24 X 36 Acrylic on Canvas
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