APOLO CACHO /
Bajando al inframundo, 2020 Ink, watercolor on paper 48,7 x 31,8 cm Drawing available* _
With restrained exuberance, Apolo Cacho’s graphic art seeks freedom from the frame. His drawings are staggeringly meticulous; they take the viewer to the ends of the Earth where madness and chaos reign over the splendor of forgotten cities. At each level, the details blend and blur forming elusive shapes while the ruins of civilization accumulate. As evocative remnants of the Aztec Empire, these complex architectural structures echo the artist’s Mexican heritage and bear witness to humanity’s inexorable decline. They represent a post-apocalyptic world plagued by pollution and threatened with nuclear proliferation in a way that mirrors the disenchantment in Katsuhiro Otomo’s science fiction, namely his cult classic, Akira. Indeed, dystopic and tortured worlds fascinate Apolo Cacho. Like morbid poetry, his drawings conjure up legions of extraordinary creatures. Gaunt bodies morphing and decomposing emerge discretely while thick vegetation languidly conquers spaces. There is something resolutely punk and mutant oozing from this imaginary universe. A howling black magic is at work, serving a language that refuses reason.
Geoff Vallon
Visit the exhibition curated by ÉLÉGIE EN BLEU on collection croisée. A selection of drawings by Apolo Cacho is available for sale.
Bajando al inframundo (Apolo Cacho, 2020). (reblog)