Who is Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada?
Who is Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada?
‘Marketers have always extracted symbols and signs from the resistance movements of their day’ (No Logo) In 2002, around the time that Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada moved to Barcelona, he began to create large charcoal portrait drawings of anonymous locals, covering the size of large exterior urban walls.
What was Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada’s first extraterrestrial work?
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada’s first Terrestrial work was Expectation, a giant ephemeral sand portrait of Barack Obama on a beachfront in Barcelona, Spain. It was designed to be viewed from space by Google Earth.
When did Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada start making charcoal drawings?
In 2002, around the time that Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada moved to Barcelona, he began to create large charcoal portrait drawings of anonymous locals, covering the size of large exterior urban walls. They are ephemeral in nature; the properties of charcoal allow them to fade with the elements or disappear with the destruction of the wall.
When did Rodríguez-Gerada move to Barcelona?
In 2002 Rodríguez-Gerada moved to Barcelona where he focused on the large-scale ephemeral charcoal drawings of his Identity Series. He then developed the Terrestrial Series; ephemeral earthworks so expansive as to be visible from space.
