ABOUT THE WORK

Oca Villamiel’s artistic canon is often seen as both innovative and out-of-the-box in relation to other works and artists. Filled with experimental and conceptual subject-matter Villamiel reveals to us the possibilities of art are only limited by one’s own creativity. His artistic practice can be seen as a method of salvaging found-objects and common ephemera, either literally or figuratively, in order to investigate new assemblages, patterns, and motifs. By doing so, Villamiel’s art tackles the present in a very distinct and straightforward way. It does not obscure the image via a mixture of pigments, oils, and pastels. Instead, he utilizes his materials unique essence and context in order to tackle and reevaluate present histories, relationships, and issues. Villamiel’s art is revolutionary in a sense that it does not look elsewhere in order to produce the sublime.