
“Sweat and Passion”
BY LUISA FERNANDA CARDENAS
Gallery Owner & Writer | Gallery 108 ARTprojects | Miami, USA
July 22, 2023
Art is a fabric of deep associations that arise spontaneously from the creative instinct with aesthetic qualities, but without the conditioning of a specific function.
Painting, sculpting, writing a poem, etc., are artistic acts only because of the noble story that accompanies his birth and journey. The inspiration that is usually part of this conjugation of manifestations opens the way towards this journey, exploring it will be the feat of the brave and most determined.
Being an artist and questioning this award to the sensitive personality that assumes it, is an essential aspect in order not to give up and face that way of seeing life every day, always through that introspective and glorified glass. Furthermore, deciphering in this noble riddle, the true motivation, will make each idea embodied with brushstrokes, brush strokes, stains and strokes take hold and bear fruit.
The series "Sweat and Passion" by Tomás Salazar, an emerging plastic artist, takes on a natural dynamic, the playful and the gestural blend together. The expression of a combined feeling of passion, shines from the depths of his being like a burst of stars in the firmament, with strength and cosmic energy. His work where cyclists are his inspiration, which have been more of a pretext to let go and let all his expressive and captivating spring flow.
His work "Sweat and Passion" represents a series made with the determination to cross the path and reach its most genuine realization.