Marianela de la Hoz
Marianela de la Hoz paints using the ancient technique known as Egg Tempera, with a contemporary look into current images. Her work is extremely detailed, delicate and precise. She seeks to offer insights into the hidden character of her subjects through visual codes and exaggerated features. Her version of magic realism has been termed “white violence” because of her use of black humor and fantasy to depict the darker side of humanity.
Like a researcher, she puts a drop of the blood of each theme under the microscope. Each painting is analyzed without moral judgments. It takes considerable skill and a great deal of time to observe these subjects and compose this art so well, hence the small formats. The viewer peers into a miniature world unlock a key and enter armed with a magnifying glass, expecting to come close enough to hear a whisper, to feel a pinch, to discover a hidden secret, and perhaps to crack a smile.
The contents, the formats, the technique, all conform a unique work of art and invite the viewer to approach, to get closer and closer. The small size perhaps makes an audience feel safe, but like a spider draws a fly into its web, de la Hoz seeks to entrap the viewer rationally as well as viscerally.
Marianela de la Hoz artwork has been exhibited in prestigious galleries as well as in several museums, universities and cultural institutes in her native Mexico, in the USA where she resides since 2001, and in Canada, United Arab Emirates, Japan and Germany.
From the series the Seven Deadly Sins 2005 Egg tempera on board 7 x 4.5 in Courtesy of the artist
From the series the Seven Deadly Sins 2005 Egg tempera on board 7 x 4.5 in Courtesy of the artist
From the series the Seven Deadly Sins 2005 Egg tempera on board 7 x 4.5 in Courtesy of the artist
From the series the Seven Deadly Sins 2005 Egg tempera on board 7 x 4.5 in Courtesy of the artist
From the series the Seven Deadly Sins 2005 Egg tempera on board 7 x 4.5 in Courtesy of the artist
From the series the Seven Deadly Sins 2005 Egg tempera on board 7 x 4.5 in Courtesy of the artist
From the series the Seven Deadly Sins 2005 Egg tempera on board 7 x 4.5 in Courtesy of the artist
2006 Egg tempera on board 6.4 x 4.5 inches Courtesy of the artist
2012 Egg tempera on board 10 x 8 inches Courtesy of the artist
The absurd monologue between Adam, his image and his likeness 2013 Egg tempera on board 30 x 36 inches Courtesy of the artist
2014 Egg tempera on board 14 x 11 inches Courtesy of the artist
I wait for her, she promised to be on time 2014 Egg tempera on board 10 x 8 inches Courtesy of the artist
2014 Egg tempera and ink on board 12 x 12 inches Courtesy of the artist
2014 Egg tempera on board 8 inch diameter Courtesy of the artist
2014 Egg tempera on board Silver point on paper 10 x 8 inches (painting) 3 ¾ x 18 inches (drawing) Courtesy of the artist