The Magic Mountain | Paco Díaz

Paco Díaz is a figurative artist who connects past, present, and future through his artistic proposal and formally appropriates aesthetic resources from a variety of styles different from classical figuration. His genius lies particularly in his theoretical proposal by reimagining historical memory (cemeteries, Roman sculptures) as symbolic landscapes, and in using fiction (science fiction, architectural utopias) to reflect on our human condition and yearning for transcendence. Paco Díaz's enigmatic works reflect the influence of cinema and architecture on his production. Both his urban landscapes and his still lifes share an aesthetic of iridescent, cool, and clean colors; these convey sensations of melancholy and frustration while he plays with irony and pop aesthetics to immerse us in a surreal imaginary. Through meticulous post-production, Díaz manages - with a dark elegance - to make us reflect on our quest for transcendence in this life by using cemetery scenes and religious iconography, playing with a pop and ironic imaginary.