El SolArt
El SolArt presents in its first edition two artistic currents and two invited guests pioneers of conceptual art:
Konstantin Dimopoulous social and environmental artist whose art practice is grounded in his sociological and humanist philosophies.
Gustavo Sorzano pioneer of Conceptual Art in Colombia.
Gustavo Sorzano
For this opening of Sosltice Festival, we invite one of the precursors of Conceptual Art:
Gustavo Sorzano He began his university studies at the University of Miami where he conducted explorations in the fields of drawing, painting and assemblage. In 1966, attracted by the New York cultural scene, he enrolled in the School of Architecture at Cornell University, where he chose music as a professional complement. In 1969 he obtained a B.F.A. degree from the College of Architecture, Cornell University and later settled in Bogotá to teach at the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, where he replicated his experience with the Musika Viva Ensemble in the group Musika Viva. The following year he resigned from his teaching position and joined the advertising company Leo Burnett, without leaving aside his experimentation with Musika Viva, a group with which he recorded Zeguscua at the Ingeson Studio directed by Manuel Drezner. In 1995 he held his retrospective Diseño Integral in Bucaramanga, where he articulated works, plans and projects from the different fields where he had worked until then. This prompted him to create the Instituto de Desarrollo Creativo IDC, and to produce the first edition of the book Lógica De-mente. In 2010, together with Patricia Janiot, Felipe Pagés and Aldo Espinosa, he created Innovators of America, to support the development of beneficial initiatives for the region.
Konstantin Dimopoulous
Konstantin Dimopoulos is a conceptual and social artist and sculptor whose art practice is grounded in his sociological and humanist philosophies. He investigates globally relevant questions related to ecology and the human condition through his socio-environmental interventions and conceptual proposals, which argue for the potential of art as a means of social engagement and change.
Konstantin Dimopoulos was born in Port Said, Egypt to Greek parents and grew up at the mouth of the Suez Canal until the age of eight, when the family moved to Wellington, New Zealand to escape a political upheaval. With this diverse cultural and political history, the artist has created art interventions on issues including emigration, environmental ecocide, homelessness, and genocide.
The Blue Trees, an ongoing environmental art installation about deforestation where the artist uses a vibrant blue to temporarily transform living trees into a surreal environment. The Purple Rain is a textual and visual response to homelessness; and his light works continue this thematic exploration of social issues using a commercial advertising medium.
