Oscar Barbery

In a conservative, unreceptive, poor, shy, tasteless, numb, lost and sleepwalking cultural scenario (not to say: catatonic): Oscar Barbery BLOWS IN, INTERRUPTS, BURSTS FORTH, IN and AT (who said I can’t invent words?) with fresh, topical, mysterious, smart and ambiguous proposals: Photographs of the simple, of the daily life, of the known, yet involving something that incites me to perceive and feel the unusual, the awkward, the perversity that resides in the mind of every person, all of us, Muslims and Christians, the others and oneself. Images that trigger my subconscious. They stimulate my imagination. They make me think.

Roberto Valcárcel, 2012

30 Oscar Barbery is a visual artist and photographer. He was born in Cordoba -- Argentina. He studied at the National University of Córdoba. In 2008 and 2010 he was granted with the Honorable Mention in the International Biennial of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and in 2009 he won the Prize “Bolivia” in the International Art Biennale SIART. Currently he lives in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

Support 2, 2010 / Patio Series: Late Self-portraits / 100 x 70 cm / digital photography, direct capture

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