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I have recently been featured in the UAE based Magzoid Magazine.

Magzoid Magazine stands as a vanguard of innovation and creativity in the MENA region, offering a unique blend of art, culture, and lifestyle. Based in the UAE, the luxury publication is dedicated to uncovering and celebrating the rich cultural tapestry and artistic vibrancy of the area.

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Japan - 2019 photography by Sven Pfrommer

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My work HUMAN SENSE has been featured in the LUMAS 20 years anniversary book, published by teNeues.

The work is available at all LUMAS Galleries in special limited edition in different sizes and on different substrates.

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My work SAIGON BLUR LXXXIX has been featured in the 2023 LUMAS Art Magazine.

The work is available at all LUMAS Galleries in special limited edition in different sizes and on different substrates.

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This is a pastiche: a bit of art, photographic art, poetry, short filmography, prose, and non-fiction writing.

THE EDITORIAL by Jorge R. G. Sagastume, Editor

I recently spent five weeks in Andalusia teaching a summer course and taking students on excursions to places where multiple identities fuse together. The Mesquite in Cordoba, for example, which was (it seems) a Hispano-Roman temple built on top of a Visigoth Basilica. Later, it was turned into a Muslim Mesquite and, finally, a Catholic cathedral. It is one place that has the seeds of centuries of different identities—each building upon the previous.

Sadly, this rebuilding involved invasions and displacement, dehumanization, and slavery. But culture cannot be erased, unless language is removed. The builders reused what was there, and the architects designed the buildings by drawing from others, copying, imitating, mixing, and blending, sometimes drastically contrasting.

What I will say next is obvious, but it is worth saying it. The same happens with every artistic endeavor; there isn’t a genius who creates something unique. Let’s say René Magritte to name someone. He didn’t work in a vacuum but with others like Dalí, Arp, Ernst, Miró, Picabia, and Picasso. They shared ideas and philosophies, spoke, commented on each other’s works, imitated each other, combined what they saw in others, and fought and envied. They didn’t come up with something unique; they shaped their work by being informed by everything and everyone that preceded them and those they met in their time.

Some artists are more creative than others, and some know how to promote their work better, and some are more fortunate and become very well known.

It is also possible that some borrow knowingly from others, but most artists create their work without being fully aware of where their pieces come from. Their creativity allows them to compose something they can call their own, be it sculpture, music, literature, film, photography, painting, etc.

Let’s take Jeff Koons, who graciously illustrates this issue of The Pasticheur, as an example. He clearly departs from other works without hiding them but rather exalting them. He establishes an explicit dialogue with other artists but also employs artists with whom he consults on specific works and helps him build the different pieces.

Antonio Gamoneda, the writer featured in this issue, is a different case in the sense that he has been a very private artist all his life. Drawing from history, philosophy, literature, and nature, he creates a very self-reflecting work through which he implicitly shares others’ lives with the reader.

But what is art if it does not help an audience to reflect on themselves? At the personal level, if I were to be asked ‘Who are you?’ before answering, I would need to walk the length of my mind in such a way I remember every single detail of my past life (readings, paintings, films, sculptures, people, places, languages, teachers, and every conversation). And yet, I would also need to know the life history of everyone I encountered, whether in person or through readings. I would need to have a perfect memory but also be immortal; remembering every detail of my life alone would require me to spend 60 years remembering. But then, this act also shapes me into a different self, and I would need to start again, except that this time, it will take me twice as long, and so on ad infinitum.

We draw knowingly and unknowingly from centuries of collective cultures building upon each other. We are a pastiche of everything we have ever lived, a pastiche that is constantly changing. If we think carefully, we realize we are all Pasticheur(s).

There is no genius, as there isn’t a unique self either, but the way we arrange the pastiches may produce a piece that we may call art.

Jorge R. G. Sagastume, Editor

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Rainy Days New York

Rainy Days New York

My work Rainy Days New York X has been featured in the new 2024 Rise Art Catalog.

The Rise Art Catalogue ‘24, curated by the Head of Curation, Phin Jennings, showcases a selection of unique and limited edition artworks, each a testament to the brilliance and cultural significance of the artists on the platform.

Collaborating directly with a handpicked roster of emerging talents and established luminaries, presents a diverse range of works that reflect Rise Art‘s simple yet profound philosophy: own the art you love, and in doing so, support the artists who bring it to life.

My selected work Rainy Days New York X comes as DIASEC artwork ready to hang, Lambda-Print mounted behind clear acrylic glass 2mm, with polished edges, with Aludibond as back and hanging profile.

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Eight of my works have been on show this summer in the Fluidity and Form Exhibition at Rocha Design Studio in Santa Monica, California.

“Fluidity and Form” is a dynamic exploration of the interplay between movement and structure, a visual conversation that navigates the boundaries between the organic and the constructed. This group exhibition brings together diverse artists whose works traverse the spectrum of fluidity, capturing the essence of motion, transformation, and the delicate balance of form.

Each piece in “Fluidity and Form” challenges traditional notions of permanence and rigidity, inviting viewers to engage with the ever-changing nature of the world around us. Whether through the flowing lines of abstract painting, the delicate curves of sculpture, or the intricate patterns of digital media, these works express a constant state of flux and evolution.

In this space, fluidity becomes a metaphor for adaptability and resilience, while form represents the anchor that gives shape to our perceptions and experiences. Together, they create a dialogue that is both harmonious and tension-filled, reflecting the complexities of the human condition and the natural world.

“Fluidity and Form” encourages viewers to reflect on their own experiences of change and stability, to see the beauty in both the ephemeral and the enduring, and to embrace the fluidity of life with an open mind and a creative spirit.

The works on display are: Hong Kong Focus IV, Hong Kong Convergence III, Hong Kong Streets X, Urban Sensor V, Human Hub X,  Monks LXX, Human Exposure II, Human Approach VIII

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This work is from my 2019 Japan series.

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