Solar Fragments

Solar Fragments

Vladimir Cora, 2003

Vladimir Cora created Solar Fragments, a series of 2 sculptures in 2003 for El Sol Science and Art Academy.

Vladimir Cora’s work has been acclaimed by institutions and artists alike as ahead of its own time. It is said that his art not only portrays a figure or scenery, but a story with poetic and political themes.

His work ignores academic guidelines and allows each color and figure to dictate its own setting. Cora brings to life the vital role nature, the sun in particular, plays in the everyday life of the people.

He portrays this culture with an extraordinarily vivid use of colors which is now a fundamental element in all his works. His goal in all works is to transform light into color and color into light. He seeks the form and finds the rhythm of each creation never losing sight of the aesthetic experience.

He has exhibited throughout the world including at the prestigious Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. In southern California, Cora is known for his many exhibits at the B. Lewin Gallery in Palm Springs. His works are included as part of the Permanent Collections of Mexican museums such as the Museo de Arte Contemporanco Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City as well as in U.S. sites like the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Yet, no prestigious museum or award can ever hold a greater part of the humble painter’s heart as does this blessing from his mentor:

“Vladimir Cora is without a doubt, one of the youngest artists who has accepted the baton of duty from my very hands. He will continue the career I began many years ago with the end result being the flourishing reputation of Mexican art within the international scene. I wish upon this talented young man all the success he deserves and I have the utmost confidence that he will achieve it. His spendid initiation to the global arts scene guarantees his triumphant success.”

– Rufino Tamayo