Like most good things this one took a long while to discover. This is the antidote to everything that's, pretentious, insincere, trendy, superficial, flat. Over the past 60 or so years, so much has been done to visual art to turn it into a repulsive zombie, that's artificially kept alive by elaborate artist statements, concepts, and long philosophical excuses. The avant-garde artists at the turn of the 20th century wanted to destroy Classical Art, but you didn't have to take their words so literally.
Garcia's work is a testament to the fact that the crazed, chemically imbalanced hangover that has shaken post modern art may be slowly fading away. And we discover art back where it always has been, - at the heart of the beautiful and simple nuances of the surrounding world, observed and conveyed with patience and love.
I stumbled upon Garcia's work by accident. I really wish there would be more of his paintings/drawings/sculptures available online. It's so refreshing to see work that is not ideological, or cynical, that's not a social criticism, or an exposure of the failing human society, a statement of the troubled and disturbing inner world, a riddle that is perplexing even to the artist, an existential suicide, a boring, synthetic clone, a soiled canvas, an excuse for not being able to paint. Enough!
I can't wait to get my hands on a good Garcia book, then I will scan in more of his work.
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