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   MARCEL, 2007 BRONZE 31X21,5X20 IN. | 79X55X51 CM.         CHE GUEVARA, 2007 BRONZE 30,5X38,5X17,5 IN. | 78X98X45 CM.

       I was surprised because I expected the statue to be much bigger, which   the ancient Shang dynasty. Whereas people tend to see the particular
       was suggested by its immense aura just looking at the photograph. But   in culture and heritage, through Maestro Sacal’s sculpture I sensed the
       I was further astonished as the statuette seemed to grow in magnitude   possibility of a transcendental humanism, which unlike different forms
       as I gazed. Serene and unmoving, yet the sculpture appeared to breathe   of humanism and idealism in the past, will not allow itself to be made
       imperceptibly, drawing me to come closer and held me spellbound.   to justify greed, lust and power.
       I felt myself in the presence of a Medusa, and in fact the iguanas on   All the lines, curves and forms are created by algorithmic and generative
       the statue’s turban reminded me of Medusa’s serpents. The past and   processes. Then they are redefined and reconfigured with traditional
       the present, European and Mexican, living and dead, matter and spirit,   painting/drawing techniques that add colors, textures and details to
       somehow come to together in a mysterious and yet coherent manner in   compositions.
       the wondrous “Aguiano”. Somehow it also reminds me of the bronze from            Meeting Maestro Jose Sacal By Hing Chao

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