DESMODER<\/a> mean?<\/strong><\/p>\nA.O.:<\/strong> DESMODER is a made up word that was rooted in the Spanish word Desmadre<\/em>. In our attempt at Americanized slang with the use of the English word Mother (which is Madre in Spanish), we added the \u201cDes\u201d before. Desmadre in Spanish means several things, like having NO direction, having a loss of control, people with NO moderation and so forth. DESMODER sometimes gets used in Latin America signifying similar things.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Art Zealous: What is the main overarching theme in this exhibition?<\/strong><\/p>\nA.O.<\/strong>: <\/i><\/b>\u201cColors And Messages\u201d is the theme of the showcase. It boils down to Rock n Roll fashion. Both artists have their musical endeavors- both are painting artists and both have fashion driven brands. Chloe has Chloe Trujillo Haute Couture, and Sergio, along with me and Javier, now has DESMODER Urban Couture.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\nPrisoner Blue t-shirt<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Art Zealous: What is the meaning behind the theme \u201cColors And Messages?”<\/strong><\/p>\nA.O.: <\/i><\/strong>\u201c<\/b>Colors and Messages\u201d is a theme that mixes both the artists\u2019 visions and lives, which are inspired by music, art, and more. Their arts are full of vibrant colors and deliver messages like a good song delivers a message when it is interpreted by the listener. Their artworks – both colorful and intricate – deliver a message to each viewer.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Sergio Arau:<\/strong> It is an invitation to the opportunity of new experiences since life is\u00a0<\/span>not linear. So, here is a three-dimensional look that touches a lot of points. Between\u00a0<\/span>Chloe and I, color has been a uniting factor and our messages are connected by our\u00a0<\/span>intention as perceived by the viewers.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Chloe Trujillo:<\/strong> Using art as a messenger to reach people’s heart and soul. Art in all its forms is a very powerful tool to bring out messages, and colors have a strong impact as well. I think it’s also what Sergio and I both have in common: the use of colors to deliver messages.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Art Zealous: Sergio and Chloe, you both have extensive musical backgrounds. How would you say your music has influenced your work as artists?<\/strong><\/p>\nSergio Arau:<\/strong> My imagery is rocker driven and has a certain rhythm to them. Also,\u00a0<\/span>they are based on populist culture images and sayings,\u00a0that usually confront “The\u00a0<\/span>System” without being clich\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Chloe Trujillo<\/strong>: <\/b>Well for me, art and music are very strongly connected. When I paint, I have melodies and words that come to me and when I write music, visuals come to me, so I often work on both at the same time. Many times I’ve been told that I should focus on one or the other (meaning art or music) but it doesn’t work that way. Thanks to technology, now I can record my musical ideas straight on my phone as I am painting, it’s easier and faster, and I can get back to the recording when I’m done painting. When I write music, I often write my lyrics on paper and if you saw my notes, you would notice tons of drawings amongst them, these become full paintings later on. That’s how all my paintings have a story, a song.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Art Zealous: Chloe, a lot of your works feature themes of mysticism and the supernatural.\u00a0\u00a0Tell us a bit about the meanings behind some of them.<\/strong><\/p>\nChloe Trujillo:<\/strong> I always leave it up to the viewer’s own interpretation. I consider my paintings a lot like dreams, with tons of symbolism and each can find a specific meaning according to their own experiences. The way I work is like a meditation, visions start happening and I’m compelled to paint them. I trust the process and start working. I can only explain my version of the meaning of a painting once it’s finished and I can analyze it. There are some universal meanings to some elements and symbols of course, but just like reading tarot cards, something will pop out for you that wouldn’t necessarily have that strong of a meaning to me. We are all on our own journey here and have different messages we need to see.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nSymbolic<\/em> by Chloe Trujillo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Art Zealous: Sergio, a lot of your works feature themes of hyper-realism. Tell us a bit about the meaning behind some of them.<\/strong><\/p>\nSergio Arau:<\/strong> It is poetic criticism that I call \u201cNetafisica\u201d (Spanish made up term that fuses the words truth and metaphysics). My art derives philosophical conclusions about life, human conditions, as well as others. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Art Zealous: Chloe and Sergio, what are some of the metaphors present in the artworks?<\/strong><\/p>\nChloe Trujillo:<\/strong> You have to find your own interpretation. Like I said previously, there are plenty of symbols being metaphors having a different meaning to each viewer. I can say the skull is a symbol of death, but it can be rebirth, it can be a celebration of life, it can be vanity…it also depends on the context in which the image of the\u00a0skull is presented.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Same with the eye, it can be the all-seeing-Eye, it can be Source, it can be the pineal gland, the eye of Horus, the window of the Soul, clairvoyance, etc, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
For example, I painted blue roses on “Blessings.” Those roses came to me in a vision after I thought my painting was complete, so they were painted last. They are placed on each top corner of the piece almost framing the angel sending blessings. Those blue roses symbolize to me a dream to strive for, but it’s also unattainable love, something so strong it can’t exist in our reality, and those who have tried to reach it have died trying (skulls on the bottom of the painting) or maybe they have first died and their souls or spirit have reached their goals. I love to hear what others can see in my work, it’s a fun and very informative game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Sergio Arau:<\/strong> I try to be obvious, yet leave it to the viewer to decipher. The gun in a <\/span>venom bottle is a funny manner to touch a heated subject matter in a visual form, and\u00a0<\/span>metaphorically of course.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nBlessings<\/em> by Chloe Trujillo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Art Zealous: Alejandro, what does the DESMODER collection comprise of?<\/strong><\/p>\nA.O.:<\/strong> DESMODER is a starting brand of Sergio, Javier, and I \u2013 it is starting as a create-on-demand T-shirt apparel brand, and will expand further. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Art Zealous: What\u2019s next for DESMODER Enterprises?<\/strong><\/p>\nA.O<\/strong>.<\/strong>: DESMODER recently opened its web store this October, and we plan on launching in Mexico City in early 2019. Visit. <\/span>www.desmoder.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Additional reporting: Terry Doe<\/span><\/p>\n \nall images \/\/ courtesy of artists<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The renowned Mexican-born multidisciplinary artist Sergio Arau <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":30703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,24,23,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}