Charo Oquet has systematically disregarded disciplinary boundaries in her artistic practice inspired above all by Afro-centric cosmologies, alchemy and shamanism. In this conversation we learn how deep each one of her journeys into painting, sculpture and performance is embedded in her trance-like creative stamina. The new series, Collage Paintings, inaugurate yet another exciting period in her prolific career, resonating with her characteristic bold use of color and her phenomenal insight into movement and volume. In conversation with Oquet, we explore and celebrate her freedom of movement between abstract and figurative painting, between performance and action painting, and above all between the multiple junctions of that infinite skeleton known as space.
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