Ruben Ochoa
Bestiary Series (the New Deadly Sins) Sin VI, 2013. Lie, single photographic exposure developed and printed onto slabs of amber toned fossil-rich Caliza stone quarried in Yucatan, Mexico, 91 cm by 152 cm, 80 kg.
I have always maintained that artistic creation is a chance to explore new sensations. Technique is the accomplice of an expressive need in which, amidst an infinity of forms, materials, resources and ideas, experience and the gaze become pretexts to create. I cannot imagine artistic evolution without self-exploration or without sense; I believe in no work that does not contain a minimum of self and self-confession. I do not believe in trends or frivolous praise, and maintain a deep respect for the authentic aesthetic and moral discourses of others. Form and medium, for me, should always be in response to—or dictated by—the particulars of an opportunity. This spontaneity is the soul of self-teaching. Talent, if definable, is a mute sign from this soul before it has learned to speak. rubenochoa.com
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