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ProjectArt in Golf 2018

Samuel Toro

The work of Samuel Toro is centered on the exploration of the limits of the painting in relation to its support. Even though the color pallet and the shape are inspired by nature, Color Drip is art that goes to the opposite end of the imitation of nature. In this way it creates a composition based on elements that contrast with the space where they have been placed. As much for the macro scale as for the unusual forms that it uses as support, the dripping painting inhabits this space claiming it as its own without needing to be assimilated with it.

ProjectArt in Golf 2018

Javier Olmeda

The greens of the golf courses, its lakes, hills, and landscape can make us forget that these spaces are creations of the human being. The industrial designer Javier Olmeda uses the mimetic aspect that characterizes the "court" of this game, to make us think about our relationship with nature. With its rows of fine mirrors, Reflection: Eternal, places us between the created and the natural spaces, allowing us to appreciate both images simultaneously while facing our own reflection: our responsibility to create a necessary balance.

ProjectArt in Golf 2018

John Kenneth Melvin

Californian artist John K. Melvin was impressed by Puerto Rico’s geography; being the smallest island of the Great Antilles, Puerto Rico has an impressive variety of landscapes, from clear water beaches, to caverns and dry forests regions, to mountains covered by rain forests. Inspired by this, the artist created a sculpture based on the abstraction of geographical elements that traps a man in its center. As mankind is a central piece of the changes the planet is suffering, the artist aims to make us ask ourselves our part in these changes.

ProjectArt in Golf 2018

Sofía Maldonado

In Color Field, muralist Sofia Maldonado transforms golf carts using the elements of graffiti, bringing to the golf course a palette of vibrant colors that cannot be ignored. Through the contrast generated by this street language and “trap music” in the golf environment, the artist wallops the eye of the passerby to reclaim attention and provokes interest. In what, at first glance, might seem a fun piece, the artist invites us to interact through a QR Code to make us reflect on very serious issues such as the impact of consumerism on the environment.

ProjectArt in Golf 2018

Nosotros

For the people of Bhutan, flags are related to the spiritual and natural worlds as signs of protection, peace, compassion and strength, among other meanings. In Dorado, the Pterocarpus Forest has been a place to reflect, to find peace and to conect with nature; it has also faced the furious cyclones, protecting part of Dorado Beach and losing many trees. This is why artist Zaida Goveo joined the Grupo Nosotros to pay homage to these silent heroes, using the wind that makes the flags flutter as a compositional element while intertwining all these meanings in one piece.

ProjectArt in Golf 2018

Raymond Cruz

Renacer Áureo is based on a mathematical equation to achieve a seemingly casual composition but which in reality has been very well calculated. Raymond Cruz uses bamboo to create a sculpture based on the Golden Section with an organic twist that communicates it with the vegetation. The sculptures large proportions are achieved with thin pillars that appear to be weak but are actually extremely resistant; the result is a kind of visual poem to the strength of nature that sometimes appears subtle and other times violent.

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