Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
LandEscape meets
Ivan Juarez
An interview by Katherine Williams , curator and Josh Ryder , curator landescape @ europe . com
Exploring the expressive potential of a wide variety of materials , artist and architect Ivan Juarez ' s work inquiries into the themes of contemporary culture , urbanism , collective memory . His approach considers the vital relationship between direct experience and visual intepretation , to draw the viewers through a multilayered journey . In his work Coexistence , that we ' ll be discussing in the following pages he encapsulated both traditional heritage and unconventional sensitiveness , to trigger the viewers ' perceptual parameters . One of the most impressive aspects of Juarez ' s work is the way it accomplishes the difficult task of unveiling the relationship between art and function and how this connection can be expressed on the built and natural environment : we are very pleased to introduce our readers to his stimulating and multifaceted artistic production .
Hello Ivan and welcome to LandEscape : we would start this interview with a couple of questions about your multifaceted background . You are trained as an architect : how do this experience of formal training influence the way you currently conceive and produce your works ? And in particular , how does your cultural substratum inform the way you relate yourself to the aesthetic problem in general ?
The primary focus of my artistic activities is to advance and build knowledge from my practice and academic research experience . I am interested in artistic conception , as a field of experimentation , knowledge building and continuous learning through the exploration between architecture , public art and cultural and ecological systems . My work doesn ยด t begin only with architecture , but is also nourished by different artistic sources . Cinema , music , dance painting or literature are on many occasions what give guidelines to my