Pedro Ruiz

Nothing more gratifying than disseminating the work of a good artist. Such is the case of Pedro Ruiz. From the very moment in which the works of Pedro Ruiz (Bogotá, 1957) began to appear, back in the eighties, they have traveled, many times itinerantly, through Brazil, Colombia, Spain, the United States, France, Italy , Mexico—have not ceased to surprise.

What is striking in this work, which clearly does not seem to conform to what is established, is its insatiable search for new airs. Hence, his permanent tests of techniques and expressive means; hence their take advantage of any promising possibility for their goals; hence his forays into photography, fashion or set design or multidisciplinary and collective projects. Hence also the surprising thematic display that is so often signed with delicious humor. As William Ospina says in the central text of this book, Pedro Ruiz “has that Picasso mania of intervening in everything he touches, the chairs, the suits, the objects.”

And his concerns, which are at the same time his passions, are primarily relevant to man and nature. The artist is both excited by nature and concerned about its deterioration; He is as moved by the individual as he is hurt by his mistreatment.

Starting from a more thematic than chronological order, this book brings us closer to the work of Pedro Ruiz. A serious work, which moves and excites.