In an era where art increasingly tends toward the immediate and obvious, Colombian artist Carlos Escandón proposes a radically significant experience: an invitation to ambiguous perception and moving depth that stops us.
Carlos Escandón. "Look" series. Courtesy of Carlos Escandón
Carlos Escandón (1972, Colombia) didn't begin his career as an artist at an early age. Years passed before he realized his calling. However, his engineering training may have left a "technical" legacy in his way of perceiving and developing art.
Carlos Escandón's approach to kinetic art is not simply formal or technical, but almost philosophical: the viewer's eye here does not seek certainties, but partial revelations; it does not find a clear, fixed image, but a simultaneity of presences that are revealed, coexist, and merge through the movement of our own bodies.
For several years, Carlos Escandón, based in Colombia, has poured his creative energy into exploring the limits of kinetic art, driven by a perfectionist spirit and a sincere passion for complex challenges. Kinetic art, for him, presents itself as a negotiation between the physical and the visual.
Carlos Escandón. "Bricks" series. Courtesy of Carlos Escandón
In his works "Tribute" and "Look," he makes his intention evident: each point of view reveals, in reality, an interweaving of images, without any one completely dominating. As if the work refuses to be read in a single way thanks to its three-dimensionality. Dynamic pieces challenge perception and movement, creating almost hypnotic effects that keep the viewer connected to the work.
The "Tribute" series adopts its own unique dialogue and style to present a visual homage to the great masters who shaped the history of art. Carlos brings his interplay of perception and movement to art classics, creating a completely new work that draws on the legacy of the past.
Each piece is composed of three elements: two side images that allude to emblematic works by the honored artist, and a central image that reveals his face and signature. Color here acts as an agent that generates depths that are difficult to discover and guess without moving through the space.
Carlos Escandón. "Look" series. Courtesy of Carlos Escandón
Carlos Escandón's work doesn't seek easy answers or passive contemplation. It demands time and exploration. Each piece seems a visual choreography of fragments that, experimenting through materials and color, refuse to completely align, as if the image—like memory—were always in the process of construction. In his work, kinetic art becomes a metaphor for the contemporary gaze: multiple, uncertain, yet deeply enriching.
