Son of the great constructivist Joaquín Torres-García, Horacio grew up in Calder’s Paris, and travelled through South America and Europe. After initially engaging with mural art, he dedicated himself to painting, exploring the territory of Titian, Velasquez and the late Goya with a unique set of skills and aesthetic training in a contemporary key. His series of headless nudes and figures with obscured faces thus clarified his intentions and concerns. Torres’ monumental canvases show on the one hand his veneration for tradition and on the other the impulse to embrace modernity: a friction which proved fruitful.
