Simon Vega

The edition was produced in conjunction with his exhibition, Sub-Tropical Social Sculptures with the structure’s tropical and color-injected appearance. Vega developed a series of social/sculptural experiments that, in his words, reflect how people from very different geographical and social circumstances organically come together socially, in a way that is unique to Miami.

ABOUT THE EDITION

Crom@cropolis utilizes drawings, ephemeral sculptures and installations inspired in the informal, self made architecture and vendor carts found in the streets and marginal zones of El Salvador and Central America. These works are assembled with wood, cardboard, plastic and found materials. The edition was produced in conjunction his exhibition, Sub-Tropical Social Sculptures with the structure’s a tropical and color-injected appearance. This is a concept mixing the aesthetic and social experiences to create sculptural objects that are both functional and non functional.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

In his multidisciplinary art, Simón Vega examines and parodies disparities between first- and second-world cultures, economies, and social experiences. He does this through various drawings, ephemeral sculptures, and installations. In the case of the latter, Vega’s three-dimensional works mimic sleek, cutting-edge technological advances such as Modernist buildings or NASA space crafts. Executed in detritus—found materials collected from the beaches of El Salvador or the streets of Medellín, for example—the artist’s creations closely relate to the street vendor stands and self-made houses of Central America’s margins. Though seeped in irony and criticism, Vega’s work nonetheless retains a sense of humor, guiding the viewer through a thought-provoking experience of art, politics, and history.

Born in San Salvador, El Salvador in 1972, Vega graduated from the University of Veracruz in Mexico with a degree in fine arts before pursuing graduate work in contemporary arts at the Complutense University in Madrid. He has exhibited extensively in Europe, the United States, and Latin America, including at the 55th Venice Biennale, the IX Havana Biennial, and the Museo del Barrio in New York. Vega lives in La Libertad, El Salvador.