Forchino: The Weekend Captain

Vanaf het begin van de jaren 80 experimenteert Guillermo Forchino (1952) met diverse materialen om kunstwerken van grote omvang te realiseren. Zijn zoektocht begint op de Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rosario, Argentinië en wordt vervolgd door drie jaar studie in kunst conservatie en restauratie op de Université de Paris-Sorbonne, Frankrijk.Aan het eind van de jaren 80 kiest Forchino polyurethaan-hars om figuren en taferelen te maken die een sterke gelijkenis vertonen met de cartoon- en stripwereld. Excentriek en grappig, onder handen genomen met humor en finesse, lijken de figuren tot leven te komen..Guillermo Forchino woont en werkt in Parijs in zijn werkplaats vlakbij het kerkhof Père LachaiseDe Komische Kunst van Guillermo Forchino is nu verkrijgbaar voor een grotere groep kunstliefhebbers in gelimiteerde en genummerde uitgaven.Fernando Menéndez´s grandfather was an old sea dog, a World War II Pacific veteran, while his father, an Admiral on the Queen Elizabeth II, knew the Seven Seas like the back of his hand.Fernando, aiming at nothing less, sold his car, pawned one of his grandmother's necklaces, and bought himself a small second-hand boat. Happy as a pig in mud, he set sail with the wind blowing in his face to conquer unknown seas.A quest he would have accomplished, had it not been for that cursed sandbank that made him run aground just three hundred meters out of port. Fernando Menéndez´s grandfather was an old sea dog, a World War II Pacific veteran, while his father, an Admiral on the Queen Elizabeth II, knew the Seven Seas like the back of his hand. Fernando, aiming at nothing less, sold his car, pawned one of his grandmother's necklaces, and bought himself a small second-hand boat. Happy as a pig in mud, he set sail with the wind blowing in his face to conquer unknown seas. A quest he would have accomplished, had it not been for that cursed sandbank that made him run aground just three hundred meters out of port.