Pablo Patrucco

Born in Lima in 1975, Pablo Patrucco studied History of Art at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and Plastic Arts at the Escuela Superior de Arte Corriente Alterna in Lima. He speaks with his brushes, his language is hyperrealism, an extremely lifelike and technically very impressive craft, resembling high resolution photos but with an added narrative and emotive depiction.

Beneath that impressive first visual layer, Pablo’s work is a commentary on life and society in Lima, depicting themes such as public transport, garbage, overcrowding, consumer products, pre-Columbian artefacts and more. An individual painting may look like a simple rendition of the subject matter, but as a series, there are clear messages on societal tends of accumulation, commercialization, trivialization and the abandonment of society.