NICOLÁS LAMAS

2007-12-14T18:07:00.000-08:00

Statement______________________________________

2007-11-16T13:31:00.000-08:00

Desde el 2003, gran parte de mi trabajo se ha centrado en explorar los parámetros formales y conceptuales de la pintura en sí misma. Piezas que cuestionan sus propios límites y posibilidades de expansión fuera de soportes fijos, generando así, pinturas-objetuales con cualidades corpóreas y reversibles que desestructuran su propia superficie.

Mi metodología de trabajo parte de distintos ejercicios de investigación que reflexionan y desarrollan por medio de diversas variantes, nuevas posibilidades de abordar, interactuar y entender la pintura en diferentes contextos. A partir de distintas conexiones con la escultura, la arquitectura y el diseño, intento generar relaciones entre diferentes estados físicos de la pintura y elementos cotidianos/industriales que remarcan una tensión entre ellas. De esta manera, planteo piezas que recrean diálogos poéticos de mutua dependencia e interacción entre arte y realidad.

En Desborde y contención, la pintura es presentada como agente fisicoquímico que interactúa en distintos niveles con elementos que son ajenos a ella. Juegos asociativos donde la pintura se muestra bajo diferentes procesos y estados -volumen, forma, espesor, densidad, tamaño, consistencia,- dentro de los cuales cada uno marca su propia pauta de transformación, Distintos resultados de acciones recreadas que interactúan entre sí dentro de una sala de exposición donde la presión, la gravedad y el desborde aparecen como fuerzas contenidas dentro una puesta en escena que va cambiando sutilmente en el transcurso de los días.

La necesidad de experimentar con nuevos procesos me lleva a desarrollar los anti-graffitis, -una serie de pequeñas intervenciones efímeras con pintura- en sitios específicos de la ciudad. Se alejan del espacio expositivo convencional para extenderse en un contexto real y cotidiano como campo de acción. Pero no de un modo decorativo ni panfletario, sino, como un re-posicionamiento de la pintura en la esfera pública. Se convierten en intervenciones circunstanciales; “situaciones construidas” que aprovechan determinadas cualidades -físicas, espaciales, temporales, ambientales, etc.- de su emplazamiento, para infiltrarse y repotenciar procesos de fusión y mutabilidad en el contexto urbano. Procesos abiertos que modifican el paisaje, conduciendo y extinguiéndose en relación a los cambios y dinámicas del entorno en el que se inscriben,

Nicolás Lamas

Statement
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Since 2003, much of my work has focused on exploring the formal and conceptual parameters of paint. These pieces question paint’s own limits and the possibility of expansion outside of a specific support, and thus generate “paint-objects” with reversible and corporeal qualities that de-structure their own surface.

My work method starts with research exercises that reflect on and develop new methods to address, interact, and understand paint in various contexts. Through connections between sculpture, architecture, and design, I intend to create relationships between different physical states of paint and everyday and industrial elements, creating a tension between them. In this way, I present pieces that recreate a poetic dialogue of mutual dependence and interaction between art and reality.

In “Desborde y Contención” (Overflow and Containment), paint is presented as a physical-chemical agent that interacts at different levels with elements that are foreign to the paint itself. Associative games demonstrate many of the different states of paint─volume, shape, thickness, density, size, and consistency. Each piece marks its own pattern of transformation. These different results interact with each other in the exhibition space where pressure, gravity, and the overflow are present forces contained on a stage that gradually changes as days pass.

The need to experiment with new processes lead me to develop “anti-graffitis”, a series of small, ephemeral interventions with paint, at specific sites in the city. These pieces depart from a conventional exhibit space, extending into real, everyday spaces. They are not intended as a matter of decoration but as a way of repositioning paint in the public sphere. They become circumstantial interventions, "built situations" that exploit their own qualities─physical, spatial, temporal, environmental, etc.─in order to infiltrate themselves into the merging processes and changeability of the urban context. These are open processes that modify the landscape, changing and/or disappearing in relation to the changes and dynamics of the environments in which they exist.

Nicolas Lamas

2007-11-14T20:56:00.000-08:00

Nicolás Lamas, Lima (Perú) 1980
Live and work in Lima.

Studies
2002 -2005 B.F.A. University of Barcelona, Spain.
1998 - 2002 fine art studies at Catholic University of Lima, Peru.

Workshops and complementary studies
2006
Workshop: “Gestió Cultural, subvencions de projectes artistics per a creadors”, Nau Côclea (Girona, Spain)
Workshop with Tadashi Kawamata, “Arquitectures Temporals”, Can Xalant (Mataró, Spain)
Workshop: “Qüestionant l'art públic. Projectes, processos i programes”, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica (Barcelona, Spain)
Workshop with Joan Morey, “Realización de dossiers”, Centre Civic Sant Andreu (Barcelona, Spain)

2005
Symposium: “Crítica d’art en un món global”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)

2001
Workshop with Pedro Ortuño, “Proyectos e intervenciones espaciales”, Centro Cultural PUCP (Lima, Perú)

Individual shows
2006
“Desborde y contención” 80m2 gallery (Lima, Perú)

Group shows
2007
“F(r)icciones” La Galería (Lima, Perú)
“Godard” Centro Cultural de España (Lima, Perú)

2006
“La plaga del lenguaje” Dispatx (Barcelona, Spain)
“La ilusión del pirata” Premi Miquel Casablancas, Centre Civic Sant Andreu (Barcelona, Spain)
“Postura” Casa Elizalde (Barcelona, Spain)
“Interferencia” project: “Espacio sustraído”. (Barcelona, Spain)
“FIB ART 06” (Valencia, Spain)

2005
“Deriva” El Local (Barcelona, Spain)
“Sense Títol 05” (Barcelona, Spain)

2004
“9a Ruta de Art Jove” (Premiá de Mar, Spain)
“A-VENT Mostra d’ Art Contemporani” (Figueres, Spain)
“Premi Salou de Recerca Pictòrica” (Salou, Spain)

2002
Interventions in public spaces, cemetery of the Universidad Agraria de la Molina (Lima, Perú)

2000
Annual exhibition of prints. University of Piura. (Piura, Perú)

1999
Exhibition of printmaking at the University Cayetano Heredia (Lima, Perú)
“Lamas-Felices”, Cultural Center La Noche (Lima, Perú)

1998 - 2002
“Expo Arte”, Facultad de Arte (PUCP) (Lima, Perú)

1997
Galería del Centro Cultural Británico (Lima, Perú)

Awards and grants:
2006
“Espacio sustraido” Grant award to develop public art project for Interferencies 06 (Barcelona, Spain)
“Peligro!” Grant award to develop a public art project at FIB ART 06 (Valencia, Soain)

2005
Honorary mention at the exhibition Sense Titol (Barcelona, Spain)

Work experience
2008
ICA (Intitute of Contemporary Art) (Boston, Massachusetts), Exhibition installer

2007
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Exhibition installer
Install art, architecture, urban planning, and landscape design exhibitions utilizing skills of art handling, carpentry, management, and conservation. All exhibitions created in accordance with high standards of accessibility, safety, display, and preservation of the collections.

Work as part of a team of preparators, curators, conservators, artists, and installers
Fabricate mattes and mounts for two- and three-dimensional objects
Pack, unpack, handle, and transport works of art and design
Register and track all arriving and departing works of art and design
Mount works in gallery utilizing various hardware of exhibitions
Install and maintain audio/visual aspects of exhibitions
Mount vinyl wall text
Light galleries to gallery display standards
Prepare walls for exhibitions
Maintain a clean, efficient woodshop/work area

2006
Caixa Forum and Centre d' Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Exhibition installer

Commissioned mural painter (Barcelona, Spain)
Worked with private clients, restaurants, and bars.

2005
Cultural Center Casa Asia (Barcelona, Spain), Space Manager and tour guide

2004
Fine Arts Library, University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Library Assistant

2001 to present
Private art instructor for children and adults.

Other interests
Designer of a clothing line for men (Lima, Peru / Brooklyn, NY)
DJ at private parties and events, Lima, Peru / Cambridge, MA / Brooklyn, NY