Gustavo Ramos Rivera Maza Stream Pops 2001, Monotype with Chine Colle and Handwork 40" x 60"
Gustavo Ramos Rivera 'There exists more than a constancy of healthy contradiction in the inventions of Gustavo Rivera. His irregular geometric figures, his lyric content, his planes of primary colors contrasting with grays, his graffiti and the titles of each work constitute the qualities of a game controlled by the rules of entertainment. His references to common places and to an untroubled childhood world give him a perspective of understanding, truly valuable in the context of good and evil, beauty and ugliness. Paintings that not only promise the sabotage of an asphyxiating life without humor, but also the opportunity for fantasy and a moral way of acting. An extension of our qualities Rivera represents in his work the primary human quality, generous in good feelings and capable of error.' ....Guillermo Santamarina
Rivera, a native of Mexico currently resides in San Francisco, California where he is represented by Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA, and John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.