Despacio’s mission is to keep doing what it has been doing for the past decade: consistently exploring new models of artistic and curatorial practice while remaining a driving force in the continued development of Central America’s artistic voice.
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Federico Herrero
Founder (2007-19)
Cristina Ramirez
Production (2018-19)
Erno Hilarion
Exhibition Manager (2015-19)
Sandino Scheidegger
Curator (2015-19)
Mimian Hsu
Director (2012-15)
Roberto Chaves
Production (2013-17)
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Wilson Studio
Happened in August 2017
San José
Wilson Ilama
Observation, conceived as an act of meditative reclusion and introspection, is a characteristic assimilated by the artist during the process of creation. In this sense, Wilson Ilama’s work in his study and development of landscape recovers the importance of such action. His oeuvre is filled with profound emotions exposed only within a moment in space.
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The idea that landscapes do not exist without being contemplated and further verbalized supports a duality in which they lose a sense of existence. The ephemeral nature of such phenomenon is that which attracts the artist, who in turn attempts to materialize it. Through a multidisciplinary approach, he is able to create new, modified spaces that grasp our attention with their uniqueness.
The intention of the artist to develop a work that revolves around an intangible phenomenon is something of great value because it shows us his desire to create a common language to convey something that is difficult to put into words. Through his use of color and form, Ilama expresses his vision of landscape in a submissive way, creating a naive image of landscape where nothing competes. The work does not try to copy reality but rather modify it.
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Wilson Ilama was born in 1990 in San José, Costa Rica, where he lives and works. Learn more about Ilama on Instagram or Facebook, or contact him by email.
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