PHOTO NEW YORK 2005

RAFAEL FUENTES

Rafael Fuentes constructs intricate light-space installations using found industrial materials. These discarded items, including glass windshields, mirrors, television monitors, are draped with the soft fabric and plastics of various textures. The resulting assemblage becomes the field for his light projections and photography. Photographic images projected into this post-industrial sculpture create colorful, swirling forms that produce surreal, abstract photographs. The sublime finds new form amidst the lattice metal structures, jagged glass shards, broken tree branches, Aztec masks, human faces or bathing figures. A native of Mexico City, Fuentes’ photographs are richly textured tapestries of light, color, reflection and melting forms, plucked from the drift and decay of the industrial landscape.

At photo new york, Fuentes will use white scrim material to create a three dimensional construction that will serve as a screen for slide projections of his colorful abstract photography.
Mr. Fuentes was born in Mexico City in 1975 and now lives and works in California. He has performed in numerous public venues in New York, California and Canada. His installation is presented by KBP in Williamsburg.