Secundino Hernández's (b. Madrid 1975 lives and works in Madrid und Berlin) paintings and
works on paper blend figuration and abstraction the linearity of drawing and exuberant color
minimalism and gesture. Slowly and methodically moving across the canvas Hernández sets down
sinuous lines and marks using a brush or applying the paint straight from the tube before
rinsing and scratching off the surfaces. The resulting compositions feel organized yet charged
with explosive energy and evince manifold references: a physicality reminiscent of Action
Painting cartoon-style terse figuration and passages that bring to mind Old Masters and
especially the Spaniards El Greco and Velázquez. As Hernández observes his works may look like
Action Painting or Expressionism but they represent a profound and painstaking scrutiny of
these visual idioms a way of articulating my own contemporary perspective on certain aesthetic
movements. Secundino Hernández studied at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid from 1995 until
2000 and at the Royal Spanish Academy in Rome in 2005-2006.
