Francisco G. Pinzon Samper

Francisco G. Pinzon Samper

BornNationalityBased In
1997COParis
Biography

Francisco G. Pinzón Samper describes themselves as an image DJ who samples the world around them in order to draw inspiration and create. They explore the notion of spectrum, which refers to the set of characters into which an actor manages to slip in and out from. In the same way, they incorporate and archive a large number of images, linking and reinterpreting them in order to make them their own via meticulously drawn works on paper, cardboard or wood. Their subjects; friends, lovers, collaborators, become actors set amongst backgrounds that are transformed into cinema sets laden with numerous cross-cultural signifiers. Their creations reveal fragments of intimacy: portraits of those most close to them and the fruit of their personal contemplations. The psychedelic results are an acid wash of representation, poetics, cultural references and indistinct times. Samper's work born from a play between the spiritual and the superficial - by juxtaposing aesthetics of belief, religions, pseudo-religions, suggestions of medicine or health studies with images or objects that deal with the ornamentality of fashion and advertising. At first these concepts appear as extreme sides of the spectrum, both infrared and ultraviolet, they function as contradictory. However, as Samper’s practice and language has developed the amalgamation of images and references have begun to complement each other, similar to that of musical notes within a symphony. ...

Selected Artworks
Anne Truitt's Studio
Francisco G. Pinzon Samper
Anne Truitt's Studio, 2024
150.5 x 200 x 6cm
Composition 4
Malevich
Francisco G. Pinzon Samper
Malevich, 2023
12.3 x 18.5 x 5.7cm
Mom Skirt
Peace Frog
Saint Sebastian of the butterflies
Francisco G. Pinzon Samper
Saint Sebastian of the butterflies, 2024
30 x 20cm
still life
Sean and Dean, Dawn and Sheen
Francisco G. Pinzon Samper
Sean and Dean, Dawn and Sheen, 2024
60.5 x 50.5 x 3cm
A night
A kiss and a solo
Francisco G. Pinzon Samper
A kiss and a solo, 2024
5 x 54 x 3cm
Figure
Flag Composition
Francisco G. Pinzon Samper
Flag Composition, 2024
60.5 x 50.5 x 3cm
Reggaeton and Punk
Francisco G. Pinzon Samper
Reggaeton and Punk, 2024
60.5 x 50.5 x 3cm
Composition 2
Composition 3
Francisco G. Pinzon Samper
Composition 3, 2024
60.5 x 50.5 x 3cm
The Perfumed Garden
Francisco G. Pinzon Samper
The Perfumed Garden, 2023
12.3 x 18.5 x 5.7cm
Vertical Line
Gallery Representation
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