The house of my childhood had a library that occupied an entire wall. A wooden body that held a universe of books, strange to a child. At that time, it was exclusively my mother’s territory. I did not see books or libraries in the homes of my friends. Perhaps that is why it struck me as a significant detail, one that offered me a different vision of my family. When my mother passed away, I took from that childhood home only a few books from her library. I wanted nothing else

Explanation of the Reason for Art

Silvana Nicola | Diario El País. Elephants, fish, and guitars populate the artistic universe of Jorge Bafico. Conceived as an extension of his book So Close to Shining , the artist surprises us with a colorful universe in which these three elements take center stage. Born out of meaninglessness and tragic chance, fish, guitars, and elephants attempt, in some way, to sublimate the traumatic. An unintentional extension of So Close to Shining , memories of childhood and the pres

Ricardo Botana | UyArtistas A psychoanalyst in practice since 1993, Doctor of Psychology, educator, and writer, Jorge Bafico becomes an artist through a decisive and painful event in his life. The death of his son Benjamín plunges him into a difficult period that, as a form of catharsis, ultimately triggers creative processes resulting in his book So Close to Shining , which in turn inspired and led to the creation of a series of forty artworks that form part of his exhibitio