Painting, Drawing and Engraving “Systemic Identities” (1987 – 1990)

This series was worked in a realistic way and with its own language, which the critic Hernán Rodríguez Castelo designated as neo-expressionist of criticism and social denunciation (Rodríguez Castelo Hernán, 2006. Antonio Romoleroux. Nuevo critical dictionary of plastic artists of 20th century Ecuador pp . 568-570).
I developed a deep sensitivity to social injustice, poverty, exploitation, discrimination, unequal distribution of wealth, corruption, abuse, lack of affection and solidarity, violence against children and women, the lack of freedom of expression, unconsciousness, situations that deeply impacted me and generated a need to express my feelings regarding that reality through art. The realization of the suffering that this reality produces in the human psyche motivated me to capture that social reality and its psychological effects on human beings: depression, fear, anxiety, violence, lack of empathy, which can lead to extremes of suffering that lead to extreme situations, such as slavery, psychopathic habits, rape of boys and girls as well as child and adolescent suicide, realities that have not been treated until now as an existing social problem with serious consequences.

“Depression” oil on canvas, 180 x 140 cm. 1990

Foto obra: Depresión, óleo sobre tela, 180 x 140 cm. 1990 by Antonio Romoleroux is licensed under a Creative Commons Reconocimiento-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional License.