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jorgelcruzartworkand…The main goal of this blog is to take to the virtual public sphere the artistic vision that Jorge Cruz represents. It is a selective register. It focuses on his settlement projects in such a way that they can be traced back through their different aspects, such as the exhibitions they spawned and the multiple aesthetic experiences they enabled. It also intends to articulate an on-going reflection on each context of production and also the fruition of his work. Furthermore, it exists as an open channel for communication, one that serves as a witness of all the different dimensions of his daily work and, obviously, of his path as a visual artist. This blog will also try to encourage discussion over the public nature of the artistic and experimental activity. Maybe through this process we can better apprehend the nature and the process of production itself as it is being developed and, thus, correct stereotyped representations that have long since lost any critical value.
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Jorge Cruz was born in June, in Lisbon. He had his own vocational training in Visual Arts at the renowned A.R.C.O – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, from 1991 to 1994. Since then, he has been developing a consistent body of work, most of it created within a model of artistic residence. For a long time, he has been allying his painting to a constant search for new and exciting materials, techniques and media that he can experiment with, and eventually incorporate into his works, manipulating and combining in the hope of getting to new processes and understandings as far as matter is concerned.
Jorge da Cruz, geb. 25.06.1974In Lissabon geboren, studierte ich von 1991 bis 1994 Kunst an der Kunsthochschule A.R.C.O – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual in Lissabon. Eigentlich aus meiner Not heraus, kein Atelier zu haben, habe ich mich seit 2000 vor allen Dingen auf “artistic residences “ konzentriert. Dies hatte zur Folge, dass ich meiner künstlerischen Tätigkeit in den verschiedensten Umgebungen nachgegangen bin (Portugal, Brasilien, Marokko, Indien, Deutschland). Hierbei stand für mich immer die Beobachtung meiner Umgebung im Vordergrund. Meine Bilder sind eine Art Spiegel dieser verschiedenen Orte. Hieraus erklärt sich die sehr unterschiedliche Anwendung von Farbe, Form und Symbolen, die ich in meinen Bildern verwende. So wurde meine reisende Kunst zum Konzept, die wechselnde Erscheinung zum Merkmal.
