During all this time I have reflected on the text of Ephesians 6: 10-20 and it has been a product of great inspiration for the creation of my work "Actuality". This piece made with acrylic paint on canvas, with a dimension of 130cm x 100cm (51”x 39”). I appropriated the influence that surrealist painting gives me, which is based on the war of dreams and the subconscious. So in this way I take the freedom to represent beyond the objective reality, the spiritual battle that unfolds in our environment. But such work had a brief process for its realization; Behind the piece there is a set of images and performances that members from my congregation made in order to reach "Actuality." In my work I try to reflect on the process of renewal that is present when seeking divine protection, while everything around me can be in adverse or unfavorable conditions. Such protection is not a shield or a physical sword, but a condition, an attitude, which is to be in God and God in us.
The image represents a human figure that emerges from the water, giving the sensation of renewal in the midst of a context lacking and disadvantaged in color. Whose protection is conditioned by its own renewal. In the image the protection is in the fact of being immune to such gray space, where there is a battle between space and the figure, represented with undefined and to some extent abstract elements to give an impression beyond objective reality.
"Actuality." In my work I try to reflect on the process of renewal that is present when seeking divine protection, while everything around me can be in adverse or unfavorable conditions. Such protection is not a shield or a physical sword, but a condition, an attitude, which is to be in God and God in us.
Artist: Otoniel Fernandez Crespo
Model and performer: Amisadai Fernandez, Hiram Rodriguez, Merlin Sanchez, Daylin Dominguez
Photography: Otoniel Fernandez Diaz
It's original work, This piece made with acrylic paint on canvas, with a dimension of 130cm x 100cm (51”x 39”). The price:$3000 USD
Contact: otonielotico@gmail.com
Otoniel Fernandez, I am from Cuba but in case that interested in the work, we have family and friends in United states
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