Manuel Teran

MANUEL TERÁN (Chile, 1974).
"Attack on Velázquez", 2021-2024.
Oil and acrylic on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner. Signed, dated and titled on the back.
Measurements: 92 x 60 cm; 97 x 65 cm (frame).
In this work Terán rescues one of the most enigmatic and studied portraits of Velázquez, which appears in his most iconic work "Las Meninas". Philip IV and Mariana of Austria are in this case vandalized by Terán, who rescues their image and reinterprets it in a contemporary key.
A Chilean artist living in Spain, with a degree in Fine Arts, Manuel Terán has developed his creative work in the field of plastic arts and new technologies applied to art. Since he became known in 1995 at the Salón de Otoño del Círculo de Bellas Artes in Santiago de Chile, he has held solo exhibitions and participated in group shows and fairs in Latin America and Europe. He has received awards such as the Real Academia de San Carlos de Valencia (2004).