Cesar Foréro - Budding Waters 12 - 9"x9"x4" - CF0012

Cesar Foréro

Cesar Foréro

Forero is a Colombian-born Canadian, BIPOC and member of the LGTBQIA2S+ artist with background in architecture, sculpture, painting, and public performance.  He is a member and exhibition coordinator of the International Academy of Ceramist AIC/IAC. He holds an MA from the Minnesota State University and MFA from the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He currently sits on the boards at the Temiskaming Art Gallery, in Haileybury, Sculptors Society of Canada and Ontario Society of Artist, in Toronto and Contemporary Art Committee, in Kirkland Lake, Ontario; in which he is the creator and current president. His artworks and performances have been shown worldwide, stand in public and private collections and has been nationally and internationally awarded. His practice emphasises on social humanitarian and environmental issues. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French and German. As a hobby, Forero cultivates a passion for bonsai.

 

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Available Artwork

Budding Water Project

Budding Water

My intent is to create a Liminal effect in which the viewer can feel immerged in an underwater scene.

The project is a multimedia installation that deal with the protection of the environment. Large-format painting, sculpture, music, performance, dance and poetry constitute all the means used for the realization of this immersive installation. In Budding Waters, human and mythological creatures equally share the gallery space of the underwater ecosystem.

The intricate lattice of ocean life has kept jellyfish in check. In written human history, jellyfish blooms have never before infested the seas until now. Thanks to overfishing, pollution and other factors, jellyfish populations are exploding into superabundances and exploiting these changes in ways that we could never have imagined. Overfishing of, say, salmon removes one of the jellyfish’s few predators. Other contributors to the jellyfish boom are the “dead zones” created by what scientists call “eutrophication.” That occurs when farming pesticides and sewage pumped into rivers meet the ocean.

This installation includes; On the walls two mural paintings of 22’ long by 4’ high; on the floor multiple ceramic sculptures representing polyps; and on the space floating multiple jelly fish like mixed-media and textile pieces.

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