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拍品专文
José Antonio Hernández-Diez sculptures are works that obey to both technological aspects incorporated in the formal structure of the piece, as well as to a subjective proposal that tends to negate the functionality of the technological devices. This characteristic critiques the ever-growing presence of new media in a wide range of public and private social issues.
Holding onto traditional ways of social communication, José Antonio Hernández-Diez plays with metaphorical associations of old customs rendered in high-tech constructions. San Guinefort was the martyr saint protector of children in rural medieval France. His existence was well known yet questioned, because some believed that he was a dog, not a saint. Through 700 years of history, the myth prevailed, leading to a non-conclusive story about a saint that protects children and who's attribute is a dog. In 1991 the Venezuelan artist revived the legend by creating a devotional sculpture where the exhumed dog rests in a reliquary like compartment. A highly stylized conservation chamber that questions contemporary myths and technology.
Holding onto traditional ways of social communication, José Antonio Hernández-Diez plays with metaphorical associations of old customs rendered in high-tech constructions. San Guinefort was the martyr saint protector of children in rural medieval France. His existence was well known yet questioned, because some believed that he was a dog, not a saint. Through 700 years of history, the myth prevailed, leading to a non-conclusive story about a saint that protects children and who's attribute is a dog. In 1991 the Venezuelan artist revived the legend by creating a devotional sculpture where the exhumed dog rests in a reliquary like compartment. A highly stylized conservation chamber that questions contemporary myths and technology.