René Serrano Rodriguez Blog

Pre-Zen-Tea A  Real Estate painting commission of 10 pieces in May 2023. Video Process in the bottom of the post.  Inspired from the music of "Sleep " album based around the neuroscience of sleep by German-British composer Max Richter. It was released on September 4, 2015 Painting commission: 10 pieces  Colors: Grey, White, Red and Gold. Dancer: Ana Contreras.  Key Words: Brief = Proposal: a- Home - Gathering / Travel = Station b- Station = Living room = Loading... C- Quality Time. consequence: Present (Right here, Right Now) Time as a sacred ritual Ritual, Ceremony, Zen. Tea ceremony. Past, Present, Future. (100 X 70 cms each) X 3 Mixed media / Canvas Midnight Encounter 120 X 60 cms  Mixed media / Canvas Gathering 250 X 150 cms Mixed media / Canvas Day time Encounter 160 X 70 cms  Mixed media / Canvas Midnight Poem 120 X 80 cms  Mixed media / Canvas VIDEO PROCESS: 

Detail of "El Transas" The Fall of the Rebel Angels *PB20220831 Mixed media / Canvas 150 X 150 cms 2022.  SOLD This painting is inspired in the painting of 1562 by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist, Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The subject represents the classical combat between the angels and demons in the medieval painting subjects. On the left side of this composition we find a disgusting, abominable and anonymous being. This monster (Inspired from a relative) represents the the wickedness of men, their criminal and evil side, the money fraudsters, criminals... Detail of "El Transas" In the right side contains the portraits of Virginia Woolf, Marie Curie, Nina Simone, Frida Kahlo and a goat that i have named "Djali" in a Victor Hugo Homage.   This portraits share a new body from the works of Pieter Brueghel, and Luis Ricardo Falero. The Papyrus text is part of the ancient Saint Benedict Medal (1647) This religious object is also a Christian symbol...

Inclusion of New Works in the Mexican museums Catalog: "The division bell" Mixed media / Paper. 61X46 cms "Amy and the Criminals"  Mixed/Canvas 107 X 81 cms  Acquired by Tax Administration Service in CDMX, MX Catalog:  0867_2021 Inclusion of New Works in the Federal Catalog A series of my recent works has recently been added to the Mexican's  federal catalog, a development that brings me immense satisfaction and, above all, I perceive it as a "magical honor." For me, this achievement acts as a sort of "time machine." The inclusion of these works in the national catalog not only gratifies me but also ensures traceability and easy access in the distant future. With advancements in search technologies, it's conceivable that a descendant, perhaps in the year 2935, could stumble upon my ideas and my unique representation of the present. This notion of art transcending time, allowing us to connect with the truths of people in other eras, l...

  High Hopes *DJHH20. Mixed media/Canvas 250.5 X 149cms  2020 (SOLD) The Artistic Language: A Journey through Calligraphy and Symbols Why delve into calligraphy, manuscripts, signs, and scratches? The calligraphy I create serves as a form of "Glossolalia" — a unique expression that began to take shape when I was just 14. Back in high school, I found myself crafting logograms, signs, and doodles, initially spurred by a peculiar circumstance. Some classmates, hesitant to show their report cards to their parents, sought my help for my signatures, which, to them, resembled adult signatures. What began as a mischievous favor soon evolved into a genuine appreciation for conveying messages visually. At the age of 21, I found myself marked as an Immigrant/Migrant, navigating a new language and culture, relying on images for communication. Museums and galleries became my daily companions, and my communication, though not in French, began to take shape through the visual language o...

Recently, (May 2020) I was invited to advise on the reopening of a theater in my locality. The project involves the reopening of a beautifully restored venue. I was invited by someone who tasked me with managing the search for multimedia companies to handle the audiovisual content. I did my research, consulted with people in the arts community in my city, and we decided to go with a company from Guadalajara for the initial events at the venue. They were very good :) I resigned from the position specifically because I realized that the madam who is in charge  to manage the project has a minimal understanding of show technology, digital arts, and oral hygiene... It wouldn't matter as much if they didn't express opinions or request things outside the logic of such projects. Additionally, this person maintains a "relationship" with one of the external contractors who signs as an engineer, which don't hold that academic degree. This raised doubts about the administrat...

Alfredo Zalce 1996 by René Serrano Morelia, Michoacán México.  Alfredo Zalce was a renowned artist in the region of Michoacán, Mexico, and a resident of Morelia. I had the pleasure and honor of meeting him around 1994. During that period, I was finishing my high school studies in Economics/Administration and had temporarily set aside the idea of pursuing Arts as a career. I was in the process of taking exams to enter the university for a degree in Business Administration at the Technological Institute of Morelia. At the same time, I couldn't shake off the need to draw, to make music, but I needed guidance in the arts, and that's when he opened his doors to me. Master Alfredo Zalce, originally from Pátzcuaro, always welcomed me without charging a single cent. It seemed like he enjoyed my company, but I realized that he genuinely enjoyed the company of all the young people interested in art. "You are my guests," he would always say. Home video of  ALFREDO ZALCE ...

Dance in the forest series is a Painting work commissioned by a  Real Estate and a parallel experimentation in my own studio. (VIDEO PROCESS IN THE BOTTOM) This building is located near the forest so the inspiration for this artwork became obvious… I started to think about a dance in the forest with butterflies, trees, flowers… So i decided to ask my ballerinas friends to work with me in this commission. Based on the Scene "A Pine Forest" from The Nutcracker ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1892 My painting work has been inspired by time, textures, music and calligraphy, for this time i decided to work with human skins. This was not the first time… This is an old technique that began in 1958 and now I add my own recipe… When the surface area is ready with the skin textures I start my personal signature recipe with a calligraphy process as a new dialogue with the printed forms. This new layer is covered with a painting work inspired by the textures, forms, time, skin an...

It's been a while since I had forgotten about this, but I definitely take pleasure in keeping a journal so that it remains lost in the digital future—my thoughts and the trail continue to be tracked, at least as long as technology exists to read these things. After 2015, I spend my days working for Knotion, a company that produces educational content in digital format. Just last month, Eduardo Perez Arroyo conducted a very nice interview with me for the digital magazine e-knotion, where I talked a bit about my past. I'm copying it into this blog. Thank you Lalo Perez , Thank  Knotion. Eduardo Perez Arroyo:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardo-p%C3%A9rez-arroyo-79781757/ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::...