Harpy Eagle, 2023
Medium

Oil Paint


Dimensions

60.96 x 45.72 cm


Year Created

2023

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Small < 80cm
Portrait orientation
Painting
Animals
Dreamlike

About this artwork

As part of the “The Game of Animals” series, Harpy Eagle explores how the failure of Venezuelan politics has driven its citizens to rely on mysticism and fortune as tools for hope and meaning in the midst of the ongoing crisis. The painting showcases the titular animal as a sacred entity that brings hope through the mundane items that it carries. Inspired by the luminesce of Frederic Remington’s paintings, De la Rosa depicts his home city, Caracas, with a dreamlike quality.

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@diegodelarosa on March 28 2024, 3:08pm UTC

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Diego de la Rosa is a Venezuelan artist that is currently living and working in Toronto. His work explores the cultural impact of the social crisis in his native country, and relies on symbolism to explore the ideas and sentiments born from this reality. His process involves the collection of found imagery of people and places from Venezuela that are then rearranged into painted narratives full of imaginative elements, such as giants, theatrical atmosphere, and fantastical characters. The source imagery represents the perceived reality, while the painting tactics embody the values and ideas that are employed to create a reading for these circumstances. The use of allegory in his paintings provides an artistic translation of social concepts similar to the interpretative approach of an anthropological study. He uses these painted scenarios to illustrate both the cultural notions surrounding the crisis, and critical theories on frustration, resilience, spatial inhibition and the desire for power, which he employs to analyze the subject at hand. Through his work, De la Rosa creates images that universalize issues of oppression, crime and social struggle, evoking empathy in societies so distant from his own.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1991 in Caracas, Venezuela. Currently residing in Toronto, Ontario.

Education
2015 · OCAD University

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Drawing and Painting (with distinction)

Solo Exhibitions
2022

The Game of Animals

Group Exhibitions
2022

The Game of Animals

Selected Press
Jan 1, 2023

Create! Magazine 38th Edition

Jan 1, 2021

Tomorrow’s Talent (Second Edition), Booooooom

Jan 1, 2024

Through Surreal Paintings, Diego De La Rosa Imagines an Uncertain But Resilient Future for Venezuela, Colossal, Grace Ebert

Honors and Awards
Jan 1, 2018

Bombay Sapphire Regional Artisan Series Award - Finalist

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