Lautaro Manuel Correa

LAUTARO MANUEL CORREA PARRA (Ecuador, 1973).
Untitled.
Porcelain painted with acrylic. Unique piece.
Signed.
Measurements: 22 x 21,5 x 12,5 cm.
Sculpture in the form of a menina that is presented as a contemporary reinterpretation of the famous baroque motif popularized by Velázquez. The figure retains the characteristic silhouette of the menina, with its wide bell-shaped skirt and upright posture, but is dressed in a modern plastic language: bright colors, geometric patterns and abstract motifs that break with the original solemnity.
Narratively, the piece functions as a bridge between past and present, paying homage to the Spanish pictorial tradition while updating it with a playful and expressionistic spirit. The vibrant polychromy and the dynamism of the forms turn the menina into a pop icon, celebrating art history but inviting the viewer to rethink it through the lens of diversity and contemporary global culture.

Trained in his native country, Lautaro Manuel Correa Parra has developed a career marked by the exploration of identity, memory and color as a vehicle for symbolic expression. His work combines influences of contemporary Latin American art with references to muralism, expressionism and popular culture. Through a personal style with a strong graphic charge, Correa builds visual universes where irony, myth and pictorial emotion coexist.