Cristina Rodriguez

La Fête Sous la Pyramide


When it comes to our appreciation of art should we not above all trust our first reaction, which is both instinctive and immediate? If the artwork does not give rise to any kind of emotion, it maybe because we try and look at it according to criteria which are not our own. It is not easy to be receptive to a work of art, especially when we have the feeling that there are pre-established professional rules that serve as reference. Nonetheless, were we to introduce a work of art in our homes, we would relate to it entirely on our own terms. And no professional point of view would determine the nature of this relationship. We must dare.

A creation has all the more chance of attracting our attention if the artist has marked it with a profound and personal part of himself or herself and if this part exists also within ourselves. It is the marriage between these two elements which will catch our attention, in order to please, to seduce, to displease or to shock, without ever leaving us indifferent. In the absence of one of the two elements, however, indifference will prevail.

It is in this spirit that I appreciate Cristina Rodriguez' works of art. They call on my emotions without hesitation. In her work I find the strength of a person who gives herself entirely to her creation. In her colours, her compositions and her themes exist a force, with which I identify. It is this shared vision of artistic creation that has induced us both to realise this exhibition.

Cristina knows how to give her painting, in which we notice the joy and colour of the traditional Colombian art, an original character which reflects her personal and international experience. Cristina brings life into her work and each creation constitutes a story that reflects the strength of the experience that inspired it. She lives, absorbs and magnifies her daily life with an intensity that is natural to her and which resurfaces at the instant she creates. She makes us dream and often smile through her title that in one or two words tells us a story about each painting.

It is at the entrance of a highly traditional place of art, which receives visitors from the entire world, that I have chosen to exhibit Cristina Rodriguez' paintings. Cristina's work is particularly adapted to this location, as she is attached to the past, but also because of her highly international career. The exhibition space, moreover, does not impose any rules to its visitors, who can literally and visually consume according to their heart's wishes.

I dearly wish you to appreciate with freedom of spirit the works of Cristina Rodriguez during the course of this exhibition.
 

Vinca Bigo
Art dealer
1999

 
Essays
Essay by Lavinia Calza (The Carnival of the Animals, 1997)
Essay by Vinca Bigo (La Fête Sous la Pyramide, 1999)
Essay by Victor G. Ricardo (Jump Into Reality, 2001)
Essay by Bunny Smedley (Jump Into Reality, 2001)
Essay by Philip Marsden (The Desert Is not Deserted, 2004)
Essay by Bunny Smedley (The Desert Is not Deserted, 2004)
Essay by Imogen Lock (The Story That the Travel Writer Told Me, 2004)
Essay by Luke Elwes (Imaginary Landscapes, 2006)
Essay by Gillian Adam (Biography, 2007)
Essay by Cristina Rodriguez (What Is your Sign?, 2009)
Essay by Sara Malagon (La Vida Es un Milagro, 2014)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Quelques Mots à Propos de l’Artiste, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Le Pianiste du Chelsea Arts Club, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Rencontre Magique, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Le Perroquet Dans Sheperd’s Bush, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Promesses Sublimes de la Nature, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (L’Enchantement, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Au Cœur d'un Monde Lointain, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Le Vase Bleu, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Le Coucou au Fond des Bois, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Le Poulpe, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Lettre, 2015)
Essay by Cité du Temps (Promenades Enchantées à Genève, 2016)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (Biography, 2022)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (Sailing Through the Seventh Sea, 2022)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (Love Boat, 2022)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (Eclipse de Lune, 2022)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (El Último Atardecer del Alcatraz, 2022)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (The Meals, 2022)
Cristina Rodriguez's studio in Geneva, 2013