Miami, 1 December (EFE).- The Puerto Rican artist Juan Salgado, world reference in the world of tattoos and who has captured his work on the skin of characters such as Ricky Martin, Daddy Yankee or the boxer Miguel Cotto, now brings his work to the walls of Wynwood, the district of Miami (Florida, USA) known for the paintings that cover the walls of its buildings.
Salgado told EFE this Thursday that it is time to try to have a greater international impact on his work, well known on the streets of the capital of Puerto Rico, where he became famous two decades ago for the tattoos that Kany also wears on his body García, Pedro Capó, Ozuna and a long list of world famous artists.
The Puerto Rican creator, who defines himself as a multimedia artist, thus gives continuity to his “Wild Appropriation” exhibition, the first in large format, in Miami, precisely on a wall of the Wynwood Brewing Company, in which already today a mural measuring approximately 15×60 feet (4×18 meters), with an aerosol technique and exterior paint.
“It’s my interpretation of Terence Mckenna’s ‘The doped monkey theory’ and the origin of consciousness. This piece is part of my ‘Wild Appropriation’ collection, made up of animals crossing their caricatures abruptly,” the artist indicates to about the meaning of his paintings.
“The image shows a real caveman -Fred Flintstone- crossing a caricature of another caveman alluding to a well-known classic character,” explains the artist.
In the composition, the real caveman holds mushrooms in one hand and a spiritual expression of realization on his face, a green light of awareness emanating from his eyes.
In the other hand he has a stone that perhaps he would use violently if he hadn’t become aware of his life.
“With this I want to express that what made us human from the beginning was to choose awareness over violence. And with this narrative I want to remind everyone not to go back to the same place where we evolved from,” he said.
Wynwood’s mural, according to Salgado, marks the transition from “Wild Appropriation” Volume 1, his first large-format exhibition, to Volume 2, in which new work arrives.
Salgado stressed that one of his goals is to defend nature and animals from human violence.
Although Salgado is known as “the artist’s tattoo artist”, he currently focuses his work on murals.
“That doesn’t mean I put the tattoo on hold, because I actually have a two-year waiting list in my studio,” he said of the look that got him noticed and continues to this day in his studio in the emblematic Loíza street. from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
“I started with art at the age of six and today I’m 40. It’s been a very long process where I haven’t stopped training,” she said. EFE extension
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