Terán

TERÁN (Chile, 1974).
“Tribute to Banksy,” a series paying tribute to the Geniuses, 2023.
Acrylic and oil on canvas.
Certificate of authenticity issued by the artist is included.
Signed on the side of the stretcher frame. Signed, dated, and titled on the back.
Measurements: 60 x 60 cm.
In this work, Terán subtly reinterprets one of the most recognizable icons of contemporary urban art, “Balloon Girl,” whose silhouette first appeared as graffiti on a wall in London’s Southbank in 2002.
As noted in the catalog for the exhibition *Tribute to the Geniuses*, Terán proposes the return of painting as a symbolic and conceptual strategy. His works function as conscious pastiches that do not seek to copy, but rather to pay homage: a declaration of admiration for seminal artists in the history of art. Among them are names as diverse as Francis Bacon, Banksy, Chagall, Dubuffet, Fontana, Goya, Freud, Haring, Hockney, Warhol, Picasso, and Pollock, forming a universe as vast as it is personal. Far from responding to trends or stylistic lineages, this heterogeneity reveals a free perspective that transcends categories, styles, and chronologies, reinforcing the idea that there is no such thing as “art” per se, but rather artists.
Terán is a Chilean artist based in Spain, with a degree in Fine Arts and a solid international career. Since his debut at the Autumn Salon of the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Santiago, Chile, in 1995, he has been actively exhibiting throughout Latin America and Europe, combining the visual arts with new technologies applied to art. His work has been recognized with major awards, including one from the Royal Academy of San Carlos in Valencia in 2004, cementing his status as a leading figure in the contemporary art scene.