Angel Vergara

‘Screen-paintings’ have been a recurring feature of Angel Vergara’s practice since the 2000s, reflecting an ongoing exploration of the experience of painting itself. A sheet of glass is placed between the artist and a switched-on television. He ‘reproduces’ the moving images on this sheet of glass in real time. Most of the images on screen are either taken from existing films or filmed directly by Vergara. The gestural lines and colours form part of a temporal flow that disrupts the viewer’s relationship with the painting. According to the artist, these ‘LED walls’ serve, particularly through their luminous properties, to accentuate the presence of the works. These works are experienced as they unfold, acting directly before the visitors’ eyes. They are shown on a loop, with no apparent beginning or end. The title of this projection refers to the African-American artist David Hammons who, like Vergara, has frequently performed in public spaces. Vergara first made a name for himself in the late 1980s as ‘Straatman’, a figure draped in white, both a witness to and an actor within his social context.

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