Rafael Reverón-Pojan

Born in 1969 in Venezuela
Lives and works in Madrid, Spain

“The reality of the virtual is the structure”
Difference and repetition, Gilles Deleuze 1994. Page 209

Firstly, I must confess my faith in the supreme force of the “object” in the creation of a “place” where it is imposed as a discontinuity of the space. Nowadays, the characters of “hyper-mass”, “hyper-realistic-image” and the “empty content” of our objects are making them live and die in the mirage of their own image. Our culture is celebrating a kind of supreme object with a particular condition, which I have called: nonexistent-content-of-world, an object that starts to exist outside of the real.

My work is based on this idea to create that kind of object, where this essence of nonexistent-content-of-world exists. Taking the notion of the “structure” as a main subject to express the reality of the object my work has been to draw it developing its image from to its own residual space. I seek the beauty of an object made by peculiar character: the beauty of the empty-structure. Always, configuring the object into a subtle shape made by a process of a structural condition, an ephemeral image or maybe a non-existent-material. A kind of “language of absence” that build an object without content.

I grew up in Caracas, where I studied at the School of Architecture and Urbanism, Central University of Venezuela, obtaining a degree in Architecture. Simultaneously, I studied Arts at the Institute of Advanced Studies of Arts Armando Reverón. After that, I moved to London to continue my art studies at Chelsea College of Art and Design at the London Institute. Upon finishing this period, I returned to Caracas, where I worked as Professor of Fine Arts and researcher in The Department of Design, Architecture and Visual Arts of the Universidad Simón Bolívar for a period of 4 years.

I started creating my objects and installation since late 80´s, firstly working on the idea of “movement” as main subject to develop, a kind of mechanical installations, videos installations, and chaotic pieces, I always have been looking the movement in to my pieces.

In mid-2007, I moved to Italy where I began the current investigation based in the estructural system and the emptyness. For almost two years, I have been living and working in the city of Madrid.

Solo exhibitions
2012 - Super-block space and other species - Astarté Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2011 - Diario de viaje, Drawing, spaces and other pieces - Kling Store, Ballesta Nº6 street, Madrid, Spain
2009-2010 - Empty objects, spaces and other pieces - Galería Astarté, Madrid, Spain
2006 - Drawing chronicle of USB Library - Permanent drawing show at the Main Library of Universidad SimónBolívar. Caracas, Venezuala
2001 - Libarating Old York Road - Old York Road. London, UK
1998 - Identidades Terminales - Models for the Libaration of Inanimate Objects. Terraquea Gallery. Caracas,Venezuela
1998 - Der Golem, Sketches and Models - Museo Contemporáneo de Caracas. Caracas, Venezuela
1996 - Maquinando Otra - Escuela de Comunicación Visual PROdiseño. Caracas, Venezuela

Group exhibitions
2011 - INSIDE-OUT 6 Colecciones - Astarté Gallery. Madrid, Spain
2011 - PINTA London Art Fair - International Contemporary Art fair. London, UK
2011 - Log-Book - Brighton Open House Festival, Independent House Art fair. Brighton, UK
2010 - Art Lisboa - International Contemporary Art fair. Lisboa, Portugal
2010 - Cuerpo Maquinico - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia. Maracaibo, Venezuela
2010 - PAPEL(ES) - Working with paper group show at Galería Astarté, Madrid - Spain
2009 - The New truth of Leather - Centro Tecnológico de la Piel, Fundación Movex. Sevilla, Spain
2009 - Cuerpo Maquinico - Museo de Arte Acarigua Araure. Acarigua, Venezuela
2009 - Viajando en Papel - Book-Travel-Sketch Show at Cabinet Gallery and Art Shop. Madrid, Spain
2009 - Growing object installation - Mercado de Diseño de Caracas 12. Fundacion Cultural Chacao. Mercado Municipal de Chacao. Caracas, Venezuela
2008 - Growing structure installation - Mercado de Diseño de Caracas 11. Museo de Bellas Artes de Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela