Abstract Art And Artist Mercedes Pardo

Abstract art and artist Mercedes Pardo

When we talk about art we can say that this is used as a way of expressing emotions, feelings or a point of view about something in a creative and without limits, giving the artist the opportunity to express their own ideas. In the plastic arts its form of expression is through materials that can be altered by the artist to their own taste and to capture their ideas use various techniques or styles such as surrealism, cubism, abstract art, etc.

Abstract art is more complex than it seems, this is not responsible for showing something exactly how it is in reality, but of demonstrating an artist’s own idea about something specific that wants to represent. Break with the schemes of reality and obtain how to produce works that can be interpreted in many ways allowing the viewer to think openly about the work. This type of artistic style seems interesting because the artist manages to create an imaginary dimension of what the world is like according to what he can perceive for any of his 5 senses when the elements are manifested before him.

Mercedes Pardo, an artist born in the great city of Caracas, was known as one of many outstanding representatives of Venezuelan abstract art, she made different artistic expressions using a variety of materials or carrying out her works in different places such as stainedcles, scenarios, works byarchitectural character and its great collages in paintings. In each of its collages it is possible to see the freedom of the direction of the strokes and of the varied figures and geometries that it used and that are located within the space in a harmonious way.

By observing the use of these figures they make me think that the artist wants to convey emotions through the delicacy or rudeness of each stroke. The purity of color is very present, it can be seen that in his works he manages to achieve several types of shades of a color while still being a uniform color. In his works there is no existence of mixtures of paintings, but the flat color is found without any shading or relief, he acquired a taste for this style of painting and that is why he was responsible for learning to implement the screen printing to be able todo your works and have a fairly neat finish for better results. In each work. Every fragment with color gives the feeling of being put above or below each piece of the composition as if they were colorful papers cuts, but it is the precision with which the one that gives that feeling is worked and demonstrates such an adequate finish.

Mercedes in his works focused greatthat these can produce visually together, managed to play well with the extensive color palette to make their works, pleasant, interesting compositions, with rhythm and harmony. Colors can transmit different sensations or emotions to the brain. The color is present in all his works, it was really his artistic approach and when observing the variety of nuances that he offers, the use of the dark colors that applies to generate a great contrast and a balance in the painting is also understood, wanting to demonstrate how they achieveInteract light and shadows.

The abstract art of Mercedes Pardo despite the fact that for some they seem strokes without grace, it is also admired by others who appreciate the beauty of the simple, in my opinion it makes me consider that the simple can also become something complex because obtaining beauty The simple is something delicate that with analysis or that perhaps with only its own talent can be obtained and Mercedes did to demonstrate widely the talent that she possessed, that despite the fact that the abstract art at that time of Venezuela was not taken into account and much less the works that were made by women (probably because of his works, managing to demonstrate a female empowerment that was surely helpful as motivation for many women who were attracted to the plastic arts icas so that these could finally venture into them. It is good to know that these gender problems are no longer so present today and it is very fair that women also have their right to capture their ideas and make them public without having to go through some kind of discrimination, so that many artistshave the opportunity to make known.

Mercedes was able to be part of the integration of a new art style in Venezuela popularizing what could be abstract art, which personally became pleasant to know that at that time the plastic artist was interested in innovating artistic tendencies applying the techniques applying the techniquesIn his works. Currently a total of 18 of his works are preserved and is located in the Sicardi gallery, United States in the exposure named: "Beyond color" it is a pride that this type of Venezuelan talents are recognized in different parts of the world

I also want to highlight that Pardo worked as a teacher in an artistic workshop plan for children in Venezuela. It makes me believe that this artist was interested in child artistic development, perhaps for future generations to also have great painters. I consider that it is important that from an early age they manage to motivate children to carry out plastic works with their total creative freedom, so that they can develop an artistic sense and feel attracted to the expressions of plastic arts, admire them, practice them, enjoyof the realization of these and even if they wish in the future they can develop them widely to be able to make them public and be appreciated by the rest of the people. In my opinion, in schools the artistic side of children should be stimulated starting with the basics using the figure and color looking for the way they produce a good rhythm with each other. A great example would be nothing more and nothing less than the works carried out by Mercedes Pardo. But I also consider that initially the first works should be carried out without placing limits and letting the child express in the format what he wishes to be able to prevent art as an obligation and also avoid future square minds and continue to instruct new artistsVenezuelans for future generations.