Ortiz, Dario (1968- ) - 2005 Apostles of Meat
Dario Ortiz is a Colombian neo-realistic artist known for his contemporary compositions based on classic subjects. He is a leading figure of the Renaissance of the contemporary narrative art in Latin America. He is a self taught artist. Between 1990 and 1991 he studied History and Art Appreciation in the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University; Contemporary art with the Art Critic Juan Carlos Conto. He won an award in the II Artistic World Art-Vie in Paris (1990) and another in the XI Italy prize for the visual arts in Florence (1996). “His paintings are complex interplays of forms in space that document an emotional as well as a physical process and are as disturbing as they are convincing in their reality.” said art critic Carol Damian Director of The Frost Art Museum of Miami.
Ortiz, Dario (1968- ) - 2005 Apostles of Meat
Dario Ortiz is a Colombian neo-realistic artist known for his contemporary compositions based on classic subjects. He is a leading figure of the Renaissance of the contemporary narrative art in Latin America. He is a self taught artist. Between 1990 and 1991 he studied History and Art Appreciation in the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University; Contemporary art with the Art Critic Juan Carlos Conto. He won an award in the II Artistic World Art-Vie in Paris (1990) and another in the XI Italy prize for the visual arts in Florence (1996). “His paintings are complex interplays of forms in space that document an emotional as well as a physical process and are as disturbing as they are convincing in their reality.” said art critic Carol Damian Director of The Frost Art Museum of Miami.