Secundino Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s (b. Madrid, 1975; lives and works in Madrid und Berlin) paintings and works on paper blend figuration and abstraction, the linearity of drawing and exuberant color, minimalism and gesture. Slowly and methodically moving across the canvas, Hern\u00e1ndez sets down sinuous lines and marks, using a brush or applying the paint straight from the tube before rinsing and scratching off the surfaces. The resulting compositions feel organized yet charged with explosive energy and evince manifold references: a physicality reminiscent of Action Painting, cartoon-style terse figuration, and passages that bring to mind Old Masters and especially the Spaniards El Greco and Vel\u00e1zquez. As Hern\u00e1ndez observes, his works \u201cmay look like Action Painting or Expressionism, but they represent a profound and painstaking scrutiny of these visual idioms, a way of articulating my own contemporary perspective on certain aesthetic movements.\u201d<\/p>\n
Secundino Hern\u00e1ndez studied at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid from 1995 until 2000 and at the Royal Spanish Academy in Rome in 2005\u20132006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Secundino Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s (b. Madrid, 1975; lives and works in Madrid und Berlin) paintings and works on paper blend figuration and abstraction, the linearity of drawing and exuberant color, minimalism and gesture. Slowly and methodically moving across the canvas, Hern\u00e1ndez sets down sinuous lines and marks, using a brush or applying the paint straight from the tube before rinsing and scratching off the surfaces. The resulting compositions feel organized yet charged with explosive energy and evince manifold references: a physicality reminiscent of Action Painting, cartoon-style terse figuration, and passages that bring to mind Old Masters and especially the Spaniards El Greco and Vel\u00e1zquez. As Hern\u00e1ndez observes, his works \u201cmay look like Action Painting or Expressionism, but they represent a profound and painstaking scrutiny of these visual idioms, a way of articulating my own contemporary perspective on certain aesthetic movements.\u201d<\/p>\n
Secundino Hern\u00e1ndez studied at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid from 1995 until 2000 and at the Royal Spanish Academy in Rome in 2005\u20132006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21567,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208,3667,2215,2213],"product_tag":[4155,4154],"class_list":{"0":"post-21417","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-books","7":"product_cat-drawing","8":"product_cat-new-arrivals","9":"product_cat-painting","10":"product_tag-miettinen-collection-en","11":"product_tag-secundino-hernandez-en","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"taxable","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n