Born in 1965, Spanish Fine Arts painter Salustiano García Cruz graduated from the University of Seville, Spain. The beautiful paintings of this Spanish artist are red or white pictures in a pure concept of Renaissance style, transmitting calm through a detailed study of form and a clear brush stroke. The characters are lone busts and faces over an empty and monochrome space, appearing like in dreams where everything turns red. The work begins when he photographing the model, many of them are related to music. “Red a symbol which suggests beauty and atemporality, but at the same time strength, it’s the color of blood, of religion and of the chosen ones. Red in my paintings is actually a metaphor of heaven and of the transcendental”.
Humanity is the main subject of the paintings of Salustiano Garcia Cruz; it is also his interlocutor in these mute conversations. Just a glance and the peaceful and mysterious features of the unknown passersby, captured on photography, is the only contact the Spanish artist is forging with his models.
He is transmitting a deeper expression, their aura. Visually strong, with their minimalistic background, first red but also white and black, the portraits are unsettling. Inspired by Renaissance, but also Surrealism and contemporary world, their ambiguity is questioning our souls. Genders, childhood, violence and religion, the frontiers are blurred and the codes broken. The red erases our points of references and leaves us with emotions only.
The artist has attracted the attention of the world of art and collectors with his powerful creations. Yet, Salustiano Garcia Cruz refuses labels and focuses on beauty while playing tricks on the viewer. We cannot refuse this pleasure to him.
SALUSTIANO / CV Seville, Spain, 1965
EXHIBITIONS
2018 LONDON ART FAIR. Victor Lope Gallery. London, United Kingdom ART KARLSRUHE. Galería Víctor Lope. Karlsruhe, Germany SPRING OPENING. Priveekollektie. Heusden ann de Maas, The Netherlands GROUP SHOW. Galería Víctor Lope. Barcelona, Spain ART ON PAPER. Stoa Gallery, New York, USA
2017 VII BEIJING BIENNALE. National Art Museum of China. Beijing, China CONTEXT NEW YORK. Galería Lucía Mendoza. New York City, USA Scope Art Fair. Galería Víctor Lope. New York City, USA CONTEXT. ART MIAMI. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Miami, USA ART PALM SPRING. Kavachnina Contemporary. Palm Spring, USA COLECCIÓN AL LIMITE, SIN LÍMITES. Espacio Fundación Telefónica. Santiago de Chile. Chile HIGHLIGHTS. INTERNATIONALE KUNSTMESSE. Galerie Brockstedt. Munich, Germany ART KARLSRUHE. Galería Víctor Lope. Karlsruhe, Germany SOLO-SHOW. Stadtgalerie. Bad-Soden am Taunus, Germany SOLO SHOW. Galerie Brockstedt. Berlin, Germany AFFORDABLE ART FAIR HAMBURG. Galerie Hafenrichter. Hamburg. Germany SOLO-SHOW. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Madrid, Spain ART MARBELLA 17. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Marbella, Spain ESTAMPA 17. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Madrid, Spain CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL. Galeria Victor Lope. Istanbul, Turkey 20 ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION. Jennifer Kostuik Gallery. Vancouver, Canada ART TORONTO. Jennifer Kostuik Gallery. Toronto, Canada Scope Art Fair. Galería Víctor Lope. Basel, Switzerland Kunst Zurich. Victor Lope Gallery. Zurich, Switzerland Bodensee Art Fair. Galería Víctor Lope. Dornbirn, Austria
2016 CONTEXT. Art Miami. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Miami, USA Art Wynwood. Jöerg Heitsch Galerie. Miami, USA PALM BEACH CONT. ART FAIR. Jöerg Heitsch Galerie. Palm Beach, USA CONTEXT NEW YORK. Jörg Heitsch Galerie. New York City, USA CONTEXT NEW YORK. Galería Lucía Mendoza. New York City, USA Scope Art Fair. Jöerg Heitsch Galerie. Basel, Switzerland Scope Art Fair. Galería Víctor Lope. Basel, Switzerland SUMER. GROUP SHOW. Kavachnina Contemporary. Paris, France PENTECOSTÉS. Kavachnina Contemporary. Paris, France CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL. Galeria Victor Lope. Istanbul, Turkey ACCROCHAGE. Group Show. Galerie Brockstedt. Berlin, Germany NEW MASTERS. Group-Show. Jörg Heitsch Galerie. Munich, Germany HIGHLIGHTS. INTERNATIONALE KUNSTMESSE. Galerie Brockstedt. Munich, Germany ART KARLSRUHE. Galería Víctor Lope. Karlsruhe, Germany ART KARLSRUHE. Artherb Galerie. Karlsruhe, Germany NACHT DER GALERIEN. LÍNEAS SUAVES. Artherb Galerie. Wetzlar, Germany GALLERY WEEKEND BARCELONA, Galería Víctor Lope. Barcelona, Spain ART MARBELLA 16. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Madrid, Spain ESTAMPA 16. Galería Lucía Mendoza. Madrid, Spain