ムードを選ぶだけで、空間がそれに応えます。光は冷たさや温もりを帯び、空気の流れが変わり、その感情を宿した作品だけが暗闇の中から浮かび上がります。それ以外のすべては、影の中へと退いていくのです。
Mariano Vilela: Echoes of the Past in Graphite Landscapes Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1970, Mariano Vilela’s artistic journey is one deeply rooted in a reverence for tradition while simultaneously embracing a subtle, almost melancholic exploration of time and memory. His work, primarily executed in graphite, immediately draws the viewer into meticulously rendered landscapes—not as idyllic vistas, but as echoes of the past, imbu
ed with a quiet sense of loss and contemplation. Vilela’s training at the ‘Prilidiano Pueyrredón’ National School of Fine Arts and his subsequent postgraduate studies in visual arts at the National University of the Arts provided him with a solid foundation, yet it was through workshops with established masters like Ahuva Slimowickz and Jorge Macchi that he truly began to forge his distinctive voice. Early influences are evident in Vi…
