Siger October 2022 Oct-3 - Flipbook - Page 13
Guillermo Monroy
As a Mexican living in Britain for the past twenty years, I am
able to draw on my
cultural roots and new cultural stimuli to invigorate my working processes.I have continually exhibited throughout this time
and my work has developed from a painter who sculpts to now
predominantly a sculptor who also paints. I find both practices
inform the other, symbiotically creating the working rhythm
that ignites the work.
Musical instruments, wood and metal are the main materials
used, having an intrinsic natural beauty and strong connections
to the earth.In common with painting, these materials can be
manipulated through colour, thickness, texture and warmth, and
additionally the surfaces can be caressed or violated through
polishing or chiseling.I like to contrast the qualities of wood by
combining it with other elements.The process of construction is
vital to how the final form is perceived.
Armadillo
mixed media sculpture, 74 x 22 x 28 cm, 2021