Patios And Cuzco

At the beginning of the eighties, after living in Paris for a while, Alzate returned to Colombia, where he won a scholarship to study Restoration of Movable Cultural Assets in Peru, taking advantage of his free time to travel and create an extensive photographic record of ceilings, patios, walls, and ñustas, this trip is due to a complete study of interior and exterior scenes loaded with melancholy and earthy colors. Slowly the dolls say goodbye to Alzate's life, strolling through the patios and balconies of Cuzco until they disappear into "the color of everyday life." name that Alzate gave to this part of his life and that leaves more than two decades of works. --

Patio Cuzco
Oil on canvas 1.985
Without documentation - maybe 1.985
Sin título
1,28 x 0,99, Oil on canvas, 1.984
Muñeca mirando patio
1,28 x 0,99, Oil on canvas, 1.984
La jaula
Oil on canvas 0.70 x 1.00 1.981
Patio en Cuzco
Oil on canvas, 0.95 x 1.50 1.985
Without documentation
Ñustas organizando mantas
Oil on canvas, 0.45 x 0.53 1.996
La hora del gato
0,65 x 1,40, Oil on canvas, 2004
Niños con trompo
Oil on canvas, 1.985
Vitrina con gato
1,20 x 1,50 Oil on canvas, 1.985
Techos
1,60 x 1,14 Oil on canvas,2000
No title
Without documentation
No title
Without documentation
No title
Oil on canvas
No title
0,90 x 1,20, 2006
Vida de perros
1,40 x 1,00, Oil on canvas, 2003
Perro bajo helecho
1,00 x 1,40, Oil on canvas, 2001
"I got tired"

This recurring phrase of the artist Alzate can be summed up why an artist takes refuge in his studio to hide from fame; those who knew him know that it was a conscious act and criticism of the media, against pressure pictorial, against the commercial system / commercialism; this decision leads him to have to deal with merchants and and collectors but also allowed him to focus on the rigorous study which helped him to develop his technique of light and colour to an unprecedented dimension. J.Alzate