Tu l i o Ro m a n o
CARRERA
1989 On this year I did the first drawings from which the ideas for these sculptures originated. These weren’t thoroughly planned: I just wanted to work around disproportioned human figures racing, using geometric synthesis. A few months after I started drawing sketches to take this figures into three dimensions. These defined the group of sculptures I would eventually title “Carrera”. Due to several reasons, I archived the project, with the idea of eventually returning to it. “Carrera”(Race): word with multiple meanings. Very common metaphor, used in varied contexts, specially during those years of significant changes, urgencies and needs from an inevitable reality. 2015 On this year, I resumed the project with some modifications, including new drawings and mockups. Nine small pieces, approximately 16 inches high, carved in cedar wood and painted. Carving is a slow craft and requires some physical effort. When I start scraping away the material, I like to imagine the shape until I reach it, overcoming the difficulties of the wood surface’s irregularities. This is part of the pleasure of carving; carving is like drawing in three dimensions. The process of working again with these images and ideas has been stimulating, and it has also brought me a certain inquietude. It might as well be a sign to keep on running. Tulio Romano
Drawing - 1989 Ink
Drawing - 1989 Tempera and Pastel
Drawing - 1989 Pastel
Marcha - 2016 painted woodcarving 10 7/8.x 11 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.
Little patriot- 2016 painted woodcarving 15 x 8 5/8 x 6 in.
Corredor verde - 2016 painted woodcarving 13 1/2 x 15 x 7 in.
Betametasona - 2016 painted woodcarving 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 6 in.
Corredor I - 2016 painted woodcarving 18 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.
Contractura - 2016 painted woodcarving 13 3/8 x 14 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.
Adrenalina - 2016 painted woodcarving 9 5/8 x 15 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.
Endorfina - 2016 painted woodcarving 12 7/8 x 15 x 6 in.
Gigante - 2016 painted woodcarving 14 x 16 x 7 5/8 in.
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Tulio Romano was born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1960. He studied at the Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes “Figueroa Alcorta” and the Escuela de Artes at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. Since the mid-80’s, Romano has had solo and group exhibitions in Argentina, EE.UU and Europe, and his work has been presented in major contemporary international art fairs including Arte BA, Art Chicago, ARCO, Art Miami and FIAC, among others. He participated in biennials in Valparaíso, Chile (1993), La Habana, Cuba (1994) and Official collateral event of the 56th Venice Biennale (2015) He received the Primer Premio de Escultura “Becas Miró” in 1993 Buenos Aires, Primer Premio “Escultura Joven 1994” from the Fundación Banco Crédito Argentino and Tercer Premio at the Salón Municipal “Manuel Belgrano” in 1999, Buenos Aires, among others. Romano was a grant recipient from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Argentina in 1989 and Fundación Antorchas in 1990. He also received grants from the Fundación Llorens i Artigas in Barcelona in 1994 and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in 2002. He was also awarded the Diploma al Mérito Artístico from the Fundación Konex in Sculpture, Quinquenio 1997- 2002.(2002)
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