URBO Urban Bodies navigates the intricate connections between the anatomical and cultural identities of the human body and their manifestation within the contemporary city.
About URBO
Urban Bodies embarks on a pictorial journey that commenced in 2012, delving into the human condition during a pivotal historical moment where urban environments have become the natural habitat for over half of the global population.
Having this pivotal moment as a starting point, the work navigates the intricate connections between the anatomical, sexual, and cultural identities of the human body and their manifestation within the contemporary city.
The composition is inspired by historical group painting and particularly by Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel (Vatican City, 1508-41). The project locates itself in the present, one that ‘exists’ between the ‘genesis’ painted in the ceiling and the ‘final judgment’ painted on the front wall of the chapel. The monumental and contorted bodies depicted in the Sistine Chapel are used as a reference to re-evaluate the scale, proportion, and distortion of the human figure in the context of our cities. Within the URBO composition, a multitude of narratives are constructed, each fragmentary and reflective of the fragmented reality we currently inhabit…
About URBO
In Urban Bodies, anatomical variations serve as conduits for expressing the human condition. Fictional evolutionary lines weave tales of human adaptation to the urban environment, akin to the narratives crafted by paleoanthropology through fossil evidence. The distortion of the human bodies reflect the emotions and feelings in contrast with the idealized cartesian geometry that governs the form of our urban settings.
As scenes, characters and spaces take shape, they converge into the final set of paintings and drawings called Urban Bodies.
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Five Fevers
Ink Series
A collection of URBO characters and scenes
