Jump Into Reality
Cristina Rodriguez's artwork is a tribute to life. Highly charged with sentiments, her immense paintings are full of colour, of feeling, and, above all, faith.
I only became acquainted with Cristina's work recently when she invited me to her studio. I had no hesitation in giving her my support because Cristina Rodriguez belongs to that talented generation of dedicated Colombian artists who have an urge to express themselves and an intense desire to speak through their paintings.
At her studio I discovered this collection that is here on display for you. A tribute to human life, these paintings depict the various stages of life and their significance - love that leads to the birth of man and the inception of youth, creation, the laborious path to strengthening character, the consolidation of existence, the fulfilment of dreams and the certainty of death.
Through her art, Cristina Rodriguez seeks to portray the human being - the Colombian human being and, at the same time, the universal human being, who shares one single way of communication, one single origin, one single sentiment, one single condition that unites and draws all human beings together.
Cristina Rodriguez's work stirs up nostalgic feelings and delves into deep personal and collective experiences. Her paintings are a stream of sensations that, according to our Colombian Nobel prizewinner Garcia Marquez "squeeze out sentiments".
I think Cristina is attempting to portray the sacred presence of human beings and our need for others. Therefore, when she told me that she had put a lot of herself into each stroke, on looking at her paintings I discovered that there was also a lot of Colombia in each brushstroke and, in particular, of Colombia's need for others.
Victor G. Ricardo
Colombian Ambassador in the UK
2001
Essay by Vinca Bigo (La Fête Sous la Pyramide, 1999)
Essay by Victor G. Ricardo (Jump Into Reality, 2001)
Essay by Bunny Smedley (Jump Into Reality, 2001)
Essay by Philip Marsden (The Desert Is not Deserted, 2004)
Essay by Bunny Smedley (The Desert Is not Deserted, 2004)
Essay by Imogen Lock (The Story That the Travel Writer Told Me, 2004)
Essay by Luke Elwes (Imaginary Landscapes, 2006)
Essay by Gillian Adam (Biography, 2007)
Essay by Cristina Rodriguez (What Is your Sign?, 2009)
Essay by Sara Malagon (La Vida Es un Milagro, 2014)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Quelques Mots à Propos de l’Artiste, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Le Pianiste du Chelsea Arts Club, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Rencontre Magique, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Le Perroquet Dans Sheperd’s Bush, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Promesses Sublimes de la Nature, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (L’Enchantement, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Au Cœur d'un Monde Lointain, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Le Vase Bleu, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Le Coucou au Fond des Bois, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Le Poulpe, 2015)
Essay by Eric Levergeois (Lettre, 2015)
Essay by Cité du Temps (Promenades Enchantées à Genève, 2016)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (Biography, 2022)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (Sailing Through the Seventh Sea, 2022)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (Love Boat, 2022)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (Eclipse de Lune, 2022)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (El Último Atardecer del Alcatraz, 2022)
Essay by Dr. Ariane Galy (The Meals, 2022)