Jaime Gili
EXHIBITED AT THE SAATCHI GALLERY
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Jaime Gili
Barbaro
2006
Acrylic on canvas
230 x 268 cm |
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Jaime Gili’s paintings combine the austerity of geometric design with the confidence and authenticity of painterly gesture. Presented in a cluster, his paintings are often not hung, but leant against the wall, creating a temporal architecture that suggests the transience and development of urban space. Executed in vibrant colours, Gili’s large-scale canvases capitalise on their visual power to motivate and allure. Bold splinters of pitch black, copper metallic, or tainted pink pierce through grounds animated with drips, smudges, and impassioned swipes. His paintings are fields of raw, potent energy. |
Jaime Gili
Ochoa
2006
Acrylic on canvas
268 x 230 cm |
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Originally from Venezuela, Gili works from a distinctly South American perspective. Influenced by the sharp geometric angles of 20th century architecture and the sleek elegance of classic automotive detailing, Gili’s paintings disengage the international archetypes of modernism: reflecting instead a localised adaptation of style, where design and its social implications have been internalised and customised to represent a unique national and political identity and cultural heritage. Citing his country’s rapid oil-rich economic growth and intensive South American visionary developments such as Caracas and Brasilia, Gili’s paintings address this utopian new world optimism and its inherent failure. |
Jaime Gili
Trikalinou
2006
Acrylic on canvas
235 x 122 cm |
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Gili’s canvases are nostalgic for the positivism of the modernist era, where the architectural development of public space and consumer appetite for mechanical goods aroused and affirmed a sense of social buoyancy and community. Gili’s paintings are inspired by the Constructivists’ ideas of bridging art and technology and his shard-like compositions are reminiscent of early 20th century Russian artists such as Ljubov Popova and Mikhail Larionov; his works also pay homage to great South American abstractionists such as Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jesus Rafael Soto and Alejandro Otero. |
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Jaime Gili's BIOGRAPHY
Born 1972 in Caracas, Venezuela
Lives and works in London
EDUCATION
2001
PhD. University of Barcelona
1996 - 1998 MA Royal College of art, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Solo show, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, (CH)
COMMA04, BloombergSPACE, London
2008
Superestrellas, Riflemaker LONDON
2007
Jaime Gili - Superstars, Buia Gallery NEW YORK
2006
Jaime Gili makes things triangular at riflemaker – LONDON
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Coalesce Happenstance, Smart AMSTERDAM (NL)
Everything is Borrowed, Alejandra von Hartz Gallery. Miami (US)
2008
John Moores 25' Liverpool Biennial. Walker Art Gallery. LIVERPOOL (UK)
Coda, Oficina #1. Periférico Caracas. CARACAS
XI salón jóvenes con FIA, Curated by Lorena González. Corpbanca. CARACAS
The expanded painting show, (Curated by Paco Barragán). Space Other, BOSTON (US)
Holiday!, Buia Gallery NEW YORK (US)
2007
6a bienal do mercosul - tres fronteiras, (Curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro and Ticio Escobar) Porto Alegre (BR)(catalogue)
jump cuts - coleccion banco mercantil, Cifo MIAMI (US) (catalogue)
The expanded painting show, (Curated by Paco Barragán), Mash, MIAMI (US)
Bogotá Tipos Móviles, (Curated by JG and Luis Romero) Universidad de Los Andes. BOGOTÁ (CO)
Indica, Nyehaus Gallery NEW YORK (catalogue)
2006
don't trust, (Curated by Luis Romero and Suwon Lee) University of California. LOS ANGELES (US)(catalogue)
Riflemaker becomes INDICA, riflemaker, LONDON (catalogue)
Las tres Calaveras, Periférico Caracas, Espacio 0, CARACAS (catalogue)
Dibujo, Galería Fernando Zubillaga. CARACAS
I Premio de Pintura ESPAI, d’art contemporani de CASTELLO (E)/ Centro Municipal de las Artes de Alcorcón MADRID (E) (catalogue)
Villa jelmini – the complex of respect, (curated by philippe pirotte). kunsthalle BERN CH (catalogue)
2005
coalesce: the Remix, (R)edux - LONDON
screen, trial building- design district, MIAMI
tipos moviles, with luis romero, sala mendoza CARACAS
tipos moviles, with luis romero, 39 gallery LONDON
LA LA LAND, Project, DUBLIN (IR)
utilisation transitoire, with Budget Bureau Centre d'Art Contemporain - GENÉVE (CH)
IDEA London, (with Bob and Roberta Smith and LCCA), ICA, LONDON (catalogue)
redifining maps and locations, firstsite. COLCHESTER (UK)
nineteenthirtysix, (Curated by JG) - International Style - LONDON (catalogue)
2004
Expander, Curated by Mustafa Hulusi. Royal Academy - LONDON (catalogue)
PR'04 tribute to the messenger, m&m proyectos - PUERTO RICO (catalogue)
Coalesce: with all due intent, (Curated by Paul O'Neill) model arts and Niland Gallery SLIGO (IR)
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