Ronald Morán

Walking together: for them and for us

Home sweet home

Home sweet home: shows us a visually ironic aggressiveness, violating the comfortable and familiar in the home environment.

The total whiteness and the filling make the scene ethereal, but when contemplating the place where the tension arises, the impatience, we wonder what could have happened there, or could it be that something is going to happen?

The space is static, but it shows signs of activity. You can see a chair in solitude with the force of the punishing strap on it, the presence of the absent body causes anguish. Despite the pureness of the cotton, fear is inherent.

Roland Moran (El Salvador, 1972)

His professional career started in the 90's, through drawing and collage. From the beginning his artwork has been marked by the poetic interpretation of everyday topics and notable social content, and the effects of migration in culture as well as the presence of domestic violence in everyday relationships.

His artistic creation is very diverse; he develops series that formally appear very different from each other, but conceptually interwoven with a thread that characterizes his work, especially the ironic sense and the metaphorical use of the images. His means of expression are manifold, including installation, photography, video, painting and object art.

BIO

Has a Graduate Degree in Plastic Arts from National Art Center CENAR, also studied applied arts at Dr. José Matías Delgado University, San Salvador; as well as some artist residencies in México and Spain. In 2006 he was selected by EXIT Magazine, Madrid, Spain, as 1 of the top 100 most influential Latin-American Contemporary Artist. 

He has represented El Salvador in many international biennals like: 2010 IV Beijing Biennial; Beijing, China; 2008 X Habana Biennial; La Habana, Cuba; 2007 VII Venice Biennial, Italy. His work explores social issues in different media.

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