It all started at sunrise José Luis Macas

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Giada Lusardi

Abstract

The artistic production of José Luis Macas is distinguished by a site-temporal focus, emerging from the identification of poetic situations where natural, social, and cosmic phenomena, such as solstices and equinoxes, converge. His interest lies in landscapes, exploring their memory and biological, cultural, geographical, and astronomical singularities. His cyanotypes, paintings, sculptures and video performances blend the ancestral with the contemporary, questioning notions of ruin and boundary. The reciprocity and energy of nature, represented by elements such as volcanic soils and sunlight, are central to his work. His most recent piece, No es el río lo que se mira (2023), concludes a decade of reflection on the interconnectedness of geographies, cultures, and emotions. This curatorial text was written for the exhibition It all started sunrising by the artist José Luis Macas, held in December 2023 and January 2024 at the Casa del Barrio gallery in Guayaquil.

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Lusardi, G. (2024). It all started at sunrise : José Luis Macas. Index, Contemporary Art Magazine, 10(18), 139–150. https://doi.org/10.26807/cav.v10i18.608
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Giada Lusardi, PUCE

Giada Lusardi (Parma, Italia, 1984). Docente-investigadora, historiadora del arte y curadora. Coordinadora de la Carrera de Artes Visuales de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Máster en Historia del Arte Medieval, Moderno y Contemporáneo de la Universidad de Parma (Italia, 2012). Es autora de varios artículos sobre arte moderno y contemporáneo y prácticas de archivo. Ha curado proyectos de arte contemporáneo en el Ecuador y en el extranjero. Es co-fundadora y directora del Laboratorio de Investigación sobre fondos documentales del Proyecto de Arquitectura, Diseño y Artes del Ecuador en el Siglo XX (LIPADA). Sus intereses de investigación se orientan a la historia del arte moderno y contemporáneo, las prácticas archivistas y expositivas, y a las relaciones entre arte, diseño y arquitectura y entre arte y educación.