057UNDER THE HOODto look like oversized sketchbook pages as well as
actual sketchbook pages, is the logical next step
in his journey into art as a subject.
“Where Syncretism was maybe more naïve, this
is literally putting the art together in one work.
It’s syncretism, but on a technical level,” he says.
“Everything starts with a sketchbook. It’s easy for
an intellectual artist to forget those foundations
of art, but that’s what I’m having fun doing—I’m
showing my work from my sketchbook. A sketch-
book is a complete work of art as it is. It shows
the line work, the notations, it leaves traces of
the artist throughout. You get every layer, every
part of the growth process. It all comes through in
sketchbooks. That’s what I want to bring to these
new works, that sketchbook process but big and
with all the layers. The process is just as important
as the completed painting.”
CESAR SANTOS: PAGES
When: December 7-21, 2019
Where: Maxwell Alexander Gallery,
406 W. Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Information: (213) 275-1060,
http://www.maxwellalexandergallery.com5
Page 38, Catharsis, oil on
gessoed paper, 12 x 9"6
Page 44, Valentina, oil on
gessoed paper, 9 x 12"
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Page 41, Wild, oil and
charcoal on gessoed
paper, 55 x 34"67