Bernardo Arcos´s Women

Appreciating the singularity of his sculptures modeled in clay where the movement of his hands forms the round surfaces evoking the prehispanic art.

Women with wide hips, big breasts and small head, women in pyramidal structures that evoke mother earth in balanced and solid forms: the works from an artist that know how to sculpt. The clay women of Bernardo Arcos García are forceful figures in movement that invite the spectator to do a visual journey through the forms.

According to Ramiro Fernández, Galeria Corona´s Director, this artist is inspired by Mother Goddess represented in the adipose Venus and Tlatilco figurines.

Tlatilco is a town northwest of Mexico City where many of this figurines can be found , young women with round hips and big breasts who represent the fertility of the earth. And this pre-Columbian influence is shown in his fine figurative technique.

Most of the time he works without a sketch, following the magic moment where the piece of art is created.

The greatness of the Contemporary Mexican Art in general, Ramiro Fernández says, lays in the deep influence of the pre-Columbian sculptures.

Master Bernardo Arcos was born in Atencingo, Puebla 55 years ago. He discovered his fondness to fine arts when studying High School and during the last 3 decades he has exhibited his works in Mexico City in different cultural centers such as: Museo de Arte Moderno, Museo del Chopo and the Auditorio Nacional. Also in Yucatán, Guadalajara and Puebla where he has received many acknowledgements for his works. Collectors of United States and Europe have acquired his works.

Nowadays he lives in between Vallarta and Puebla where he tirelessly performs his sculptures to which he adds his abstract and geometric works.

He is actually exhibiting his works on Galeria Corona, Calle Corona 164, Downtown Puerto Vallarta.