"Bravo Pueblo Mayo"
90x75cm Acrylic on canvas May 2017
This is the follow up painting to "Bravo Pueblo Abril" I painted this piece following the protest started in Venezuela in 2017. I used and implemented the method of following the events, determining the most powerful images and actors, reinterpreting them in painting and publish them close to the time of happening in social networks. People followed every two or so days I would paint and publish part of it, according to the unfolding of the events and more significant images. This made it become utterly viral and even set trends for other artists that where inspired by my method.
This his has become very viral and iconic for the country and the people of Venezuela. It has been commented and acknowledged by a lot of significant figures central to the Venezuelan modern situation. As an example, here are some words "The Red Shadow" (one of the leaders of Anonymous Venezuela) gave me the honor to write about the piece:
"Bravo Pueblo Abril" This is the first part of the work, all done in the same canvas and timeline, each piece depics the most significant actions and people of those months of 2017's civil protests in Venezuela. Click HERE to go to piece.
The Red Shadow is a very significant militant and influencer from Anonymous Venezuela. The artist also represented him in a prior piece from 2014 entitled "Lucha Anonima".
Red Shadow (es)
“Bravo Pueblo Mayo” representa la activación de la sangre libertadora y heroica que tenemos todos los venezolanos. Esta obra refleja el nacimiento de muchas nuevas Venezuelas, pues cada héroe presente en ella lleva a una nueva Venezuela por dentro.
Podemos ver en la pintura a martires caídos que luego obtuvieron sus alas, podemos ver a guerreros que aún se mantienen en pie, podemos ver la defensa de la República con escudos, podemos ver la múscia y la melodía de la libertad haciendose presente, en definitiva, podemos ver muchas cosas pero lo más importante de todo es que nos podemos ver a nosotros mismos en ella, pues el sentimiento de hermandad y de lucha por los ideales libertadores nos arropa a todos, nos impulsa a querer seguir librando las batallas necesarias hasta obtener el país que todos deseamos, eso es lo místico de esta obra.
Rodrigo Figueredo ya ha demostrado durante los últimos años que dibuja con pinceles que parecieran haber sido obsequiados por algún tipo de “dios del arte”, sin embargo, no deja de sorprendernos con cada obra que presenta y “Bravo Pueblo Mayo” es otra muestra de eso.
Both Bravo Pueblo Abril & Mayo were painted in the same canvas, I moved it around and used it as a manifest to seize and fix the historical events of Venezuela to have it signed and flashed by lots of significant poeple from Venezuela and the world. It is signed in the back by people I'm very proud and humbled to have coinvolved in a cultural and artistic idea that has becomed an icon and an expression of the times, specially for my country of birth and heart I wish see free again.
