Juan Camacho
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Juan Carlos Camacho Vega (born February 13, 1977 in Bucaramanga
) is a Colombia
n sculptor and writer
. His artworks explore the use of words as a way of construction of mind sculpture
. Influenced by artists such as Joseph Kosuth
and Yves Klein
, he does not consider himself a conceptualist art, but as a traditional craftsman
who works with words.
His main sculpture, entitled “Conversación con Juan Camacho” exhibits, in a hypothetical way, the theoretical implications that may have the construction of more than 20 pieces.
The above mentioned contemplative attitude led him to the construction of "The Biggest Museum of the World " in 2001; a perfect white cube of 3 meters of edge where the spectator was entering and perceiving emptiness, but that to the moment to go out was discovering an advertisement that was an invitation to enter in fact, so that the walls were delimiting it on the outside. According to his initial idea, the world was full of objects and could be understood as a gigantic museum in which the only thing that would be needed would be an interpreter: the artist.
In 2002 he proposed the conversation as a sculptural space in which the essential thing already is not the ideological content of the idea materializable, nor the speech that it supports, but the same act in itself as conscience of a daily relation in which the communicative experience is loaded with an additional expectation and can be understood as a sculpture. Since then, he adopted the oral mechanism as form of materialization of the ideas and his exhibitions were consisting of speech acts in galleries and museum spaces of those that a voucher of assistance was delivering to the attendees as certificate of acquisition of the work.
His most polemic work is the supposition of sculptures that only exist in the mind of the artist, which are supposed and assume the credibility of the buyer towards the same one.
Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area...
) is a Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n sculptor and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. His artworks explore the use of words as a way of construction of mind sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
. Influenced by artists such as Joseph Kosuth
Joseph Kosuth
Joseph Kosuth , is an American conceptual artist. Kosuth lives in New York and Rome.-Early life and career:Kosuth was born in Toledo, Ohio. He attended the Toledo Museum School of Design from 1955 to 1962 and studied privately under the Belgian painter Line Bloom Draper. In 1963, Kosuth enrolled at...
and Yves Klein
Yves Klein
Yves Klein was a French artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. He is the leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany...
, he does not consider himself a conceptualist art, but as a traditional craftsman
Artisan
An artisan is a skilled manual worker who makes items that may be functional or strictly decorative, including furniture, clothing, jewellery, household items, and tools...
who works with words.
His main sculpture, entitled “Conversación con Juan Camacho” exhibits, in a hypothetical way, the theoretical implications that may have the construction of more than 20 pieces.
Works
The importance of Juan Camacho's work takes root more than in the construction of objects, in the reinterpretation of the same ones by a contemplative attitude capable of creating in them a sufficient foundation-speech to support the idea of this one as sculpture. In 2000 he proposed “Patente de la nada” (Patent of the Nothing), in a symbolic act that made him crazy. In such preposition, he was demonstrating clearly his artistic attitude by this time: "My contribution to the art is not to do anything, just let it be in status quo".The above mentioned contemplative attitude led him to the construction of "The Biggest Museum of the World " in 2001; a perfect white cube of 3 meters of edge where the spectator was entering and perceiving emptiness, but that to the moment to go out was discovering an advertisement that was an invitation to enter in fact, so that the walls were delimiting it on the outside. According to his initial idea, the world was full of objects and could be understood as a gigantic museum in which the only thing that would be needed would be an interpreter: the artist.
In 2002 he proposed the conversation as a sculptural space in which the essential thing already is not the ideological content of the idea materializable, nor the speech that it supports, but the same act in itself as conscience of a daily relation in which the communicative experience is loaded with an additional expectation and can be understood as a sculpture. Since then, he adopted the oral mechanism as form of materialization of the ideas and his exhibitions were consisting of speech acts in galleries and museum spaces of those that a voucher of assistance was delivering to the attendees as certificate of acquisition of the work.
His most polemic work is the supposition of sculptures that only exist in the mind of the artist, which are supposed and assume the credibility of the buyer towards the same one.