23 June 2008
Santiago Cucullu
(The following article is taken from the U.S. Department of State publication, Art on the Edge: 17 Contemporary American Artists.)
"In the past two years I have been concentrating on making large wall pieces, using contact paper to delineate an image, watercolors, and works that are purely non-figurative using plastic materials from party stores.
Although very different in their underlying structure, all share similar sensibilities in their final forms, and I do not see them as necessary exclusive of one another. I am interested in the ways in which all these projects can transcend a type of temporality that is inherent in their materials and their display, while they work toward a structure that is grounded in empiricism. The origins of the work are the same and force a memory and intelligence out of themselves."
[Santiago Cucullu (b. 1969, Buenos Aires, Argentina) grew up outside of Washington, D.C., but spent time each year visiting Argentina. Cucullu attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota (MFA 1999), and Hartford Art School, Connecticut (BFA 1992). His awards include residencies at the Glassel Core Program, Houston, Texas (2001-2002), and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine (2001-2003), as well as the Jerome Emerging Artist Fellowship, from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (2000). His work has been exhibited at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2003); and he is currently represented by Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas; and Midway Contemporary Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota. Cucullu lives and works in Minneapolis.]
