Eduardo Santiago Marrero, an artist born in 1995 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of PR. In 2008 he had his first approach to art through graffiti. Known in the community as Meis, his urban works are unique pieces, with vibrant colors, organic strokes, and striking letters. Starting in 2018, the artist embarks on an alternate path through painting and sculpture. Independent of graffiti and inspired by his training as an architect, this aspect is presented as an exploration of antagonistic concepts: symmetry-asymmetry, movement-stillness, presence-absence, light-shadow, balance-weight; a dialectical exercise where opposites materialize in a synthesis that leads to balance. Eduardo’s pictorial work -spray paint- and sculptural work -cast concrete-, picks up an aesthetic that is aligned with the classic categories: symmetry, proportionality, order, rhythm, scale, sobriety, to transfer them to a contemporary discourse in which the artist recognizes the urgency of overcoming rigid oppositions – that tension of dualisms – in favor of an impartial kindness.
untitled sculpture
cast concrete on painted stainless base
contemporary
Eduardo Santiago
Puerto Rico
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