L'autore:
Francisco Mejía-Guinand, (Bogotá, 1964) is a born painter, he cold not avoid it. His childhood visits to the studio of his father, an amateur painter, and the occasions when his mother led him by the hand through the world's great museums may have been responsible for his early interest in art, but his decision to become a full-time painter only came after a long struggle. After studying architecture, he worked as a university professor and in architectural restoration, an experience which taught him what he already knew: that the only thing he wanted to do in life was to paint.
For this reason, everything he has achieved since then has served to confirm the wisdom of his decision to embrace the world of volumes and spaces that the true painter longs for. So, having trusted his intuition and set himself at peace, Mejía-Guinand has devoted himself to constructing a solid universe of planes and colors which this book, the first exclusively dedicated to this artist, stunningly reveals.
Ana María Escallón, a specialist in Latin American art, is currently the director of the Museum of the Art of the Americas in Washington, D.C. as well as a noted journalist, art critic and international curator. In 1997 Villegas Editores published the book Botero: New Works on Canvas, whose main text consists of a long interview with the artist that was done by Ana María Escallón and is considered to be one of the most eloquent testimonies of the life and career of Botero.
In this book, Ana María Escallón places the work of Francisco Mejía-Guinand within the context of comtemporary Columbian art and explains how he has broken new ground as a painter.
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