Jesús Curia Pérez

"While Perez's interest, the exotic, non-Western individual, lies at the core of his work, he is not wed to the human form - Perez meddles with negative space, relating it to form and object. Working primarily in bronze, Perez removes space from conventionally fleshed out areas of the body. This manipulation of space makes the viewer intensely aware of how one inhabits and interacts with space."