Javier Pérez

Javier Pérez' works are characterized by a certain syncretism, both in the method and materials used. Sculpture, photography, drawing, video and performance are used independently as well as together to create installations where interaction and exploration are essential. With his work, Javier Pérez reveals his inquiries and reflections on mankind, using a language full of intense metaphor and imbued with a strong symbolism.

His works contain an intrinsic dialectic, showing how weak can be the boundary between concepts seemingly opposite such as the natural and the cultural, the inside and the outside or life and death.

The idea of cyclical fluctuations, circularity, temporality and impermanence are some of the artist’s recurring themes.

“I like dealing with points of encounter between spirit and flesh, between purity and impurity, between beauty and horror, between attraction and repulsion. I frequently use these swinging movements to offer onlookers different degrees of appreciation of my works. My works seek to reconcile all these aspects. I am interested in revealing how ambiguous these concepts are, and how reversible they can be. The idea is to confront humanity with its own condition, and for everything that humanity find frightening to take an irresistible charm. The idea is for humanity to be attracted by its own viscera.”

Throughout his career, he has made use of all kind of supports: Organic materials such as intestines, hides, horsehair, parchment, latex and chrysalis; often fragile as glass and porcelain or solid as bronze and resin. All of them are used by the artist, demanding thus a high technical risk but allowing him at the same time to develop with total confidence and freedom his creative work.

Submitted by Keteleer Gallery