In the works [from the 1970s] the references to the political context become more explicit. Maps, which for the first time appear in representations of the descent of the Beta Being ship to earth –and, more precisely, into Latin America– introduce the markings of contingencies of immediate reality: from the internal epic and the spiritual search …Cerrato’s output shifts toward incorporating social and political externality as a scenario in which the work articulates and disputes its effects of meaning and its possibilities of making a critical impact …makes visible a set fragment of reality: it is a matter of images of popular demonstrations, of city or country landscapes, of representations of labor on the land and industry.

Comments: Fernando Davis / Photography: Herlitzka + Faria / Reproduction: Courtesy of the artist and Herlitzka + Faria, Buenos Aires /

I`m inspired by nature, by the jungle and by the landscapes of my childhood. My paintings are compositions of imaginary landscapes, where past and present intermingle and give rise to a personal universe, to a particular nature.

My landscapes are made of a web of shapes that intertwine, transform themselves, touch and pile themselves, generating rhythms in space, mixing with each other. Like the bond of my own worlds, in permanent interaction.

Comments: Cecilia Cambas / Photography: Cecilia Cambas / Reproduction: Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Praxis, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

…A tropical fauvist in San José, Costa Rica… his work is full of color and personal expression. …His training as an architect allows him to play at times with perspective in a capricious way and depending on the angle from which he has conceived the painting, somewhat distorted effects are generated that add further originality and individuality to the contents.

Comments: Juanita Bermúdez / Photography: Francisco Castro Antillón / Reproduction: Courtesy of Gallery Galería Avalanti, Costa Rica

“…my painting is just a footprint of amazement…a tangible record of that ethereal smudge that impounds my eyes when it arrives…”

Comments: Paúl Parella / Photography: Valentina Atencio / Reproduction: Courtesy of the artist