Jacobo Borges | |
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| Born | 28 November 1931 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Known for | Painter, Film Director, Stage Designer |
| Notable work | Characters from Napoleon's Coronation |
| Movement | Neo-Figuration |
Jacobo Borges (born 28 November 1931 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a contemporary, neo-figurative Venezuelan artist. His curiosity for exploring different mediums made him a painter, drawer, film director, stage designer and plastic artist. Known for his ever-evolving style, there is one constant principle that unites his work: "the search for the creation of space somewhere between dreams and reality where everything has happened, happens, and may happen."[1] His theoretical approach and unique, innovative technique has won him acclaim all over the world. He has had solo exhibitions in France, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Britain and the United States. Today, he is considered one of the most accomplished artist of Latin America.[2] His oeuvre includes a rich body of paintings, a film directed in 1969, and a book The Great Mountain and Its Era, published in 1979.[1] In 1982, a biography by Dore Ashton, called Jacobo Borges, was published in English and Spanish.
- ^ a b Borges, Jacobo. 60 Paintings by Jacobo Borges: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo: Mexico City, Mexico August–October 1987: from Fishing to the Mirror of waters. [Monterey, Mexico] : Museo de Monterey, 1987
- ^ Maddicks, R. Venezuela: Jacobo Borges: without frontiers. ARTnews v.95 (June 1996)