Gesture · Instinct

Automatic Painting

Peinture automatique

Free energy / Automatic painting (2001–2004). Like the automatic writing dear to the surrealists, this way of painting gives free rein to the imagination before the canvas — raw, full, instinctive, spontaneous — moving away from Chilean subjects towards more universal ones.

Materials: paper, oil, acrylic, plaster.

El Perla

2004 · 80 × 80 cm

Acrylic, oil, paper, ink and pastel on canvas

El Nacimiento de la idea

2004 · 80 × 80 cm

Acrylic, plaster, paper, ink and pastel on canvas

The piano note

2004 · 80 × 80 cm

Acrylic, plaster, ink and pastel on canvas

Private collection — Paris, France

Batman’s El Secreto

2004 · 80 × 80 cm

Acrylic, plaster, ink and pastel on wood

Private collection — Paris, France

El volcano discreto

2004 · 80 × 80 cm

Acrylic, ink, paper and elements on canvas

Private collection — Saint-Germain-des-Prés, France

The violin

2000 · 92 × 92 cm

Acrylic, oil, plaster, ink and paper on cardboard

Great diptych

2001 · 240 × 80 cm · Diptych

Acrylic, plaster and oil on wood

Private collection — Montreuil, France

White on white

2003 · 52 × 47 cm

Acrylic, oil, ink and pastel on wood

Contact

2007 · 50 × 50 cm

Acrylic, oil, ink and pastel on wood

Balanced

2001 · 50 × 70 cm

Acrylic, oil, paper, ink and elements on canvas

Moon

2004 · 80 × 80 cm

Acrylic, oil and ink on canvas

The island

2004 · 80 × 80 cm

Acrylic, oil, ink, plaster and elements on canvas

Associated exhibitions
  • 2004

    « LA TRACE HABILITÉE »

    Médiathèque George Sand, Palaiseau, France

  • 2004

    Lucho Hernandez — solo show

    Espace / Restaurant MAOH, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

  • 2003

    « TRIBUTE TO S. ALLENDE » (collective)

    Espace KIRON, Paris, France

  • 2003

    « TRIBUTE TO S. ALLENDE » (collective)

    City Hall of the 14th arrondissement, Paris, France

Appearance in the film « I prefer that we remain friends… » by Olivier Nakache, with Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Paul Rouve (France, 2004).

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