Carlos Cortes is returning to the GXgallery with his new exhibition entitled ‘Cars, Men, Flowers and Birdhouses’.
A private view of the exhibition will be taking place on Friday 24th September at 7:30 and it will be running from 25th September to 6th October 2010.
The work of Carlos Cortes is most commonly described as unique. This is because of his distinctive array of colours, and somewhat weird depictions of characters. There is also a great sense of humour to his paintings.
Every painting is created with bold oil paints. Cortes chooses to use such bold colours because it “links me to my inner child,” he said. “All my work started to make sense,” he said, “when I started to use my left hand..” This gives him a child like feeling of innocence.
He also chooses to employ oil paints not only because the colours come out bolder and brighter, but because they gives the paintings more realistic layers. They have a “realistic sense of volume.”
The objective for this exhibition is to “question the male role,” he said, with objects and focuses including men and cars. However, the flowers in other pieces work to contradict that idea.
The birdhouses, which Cortes describes more as boxes, also have a special meaning in this exhibition. “They are not to store normal things,” he said, but to store special ideas. “Those special ideas are like birds,” which is why they are called birdhouses.
Cortes puts on a truly individual exhibition. Contact the gallery for an exclusive preview of his work. 020 7703 8396 or [email protected]
