Raymond
Saá is a Cuban-American artist whose paintings and works on paper form a
complex, multilayered formal environment for the viewer to decipher. Using an
X-Acto knife as a drawing implement, he creates images that are often sewn
together into ‘postcards.’ In these works on paper, both the positive and
negative images are important for creating the piece. Saá overlaps and sews the
sewn composites, creating a pattern reminiscent of shingles. His paintings are
extensions of the drawing and pattern-making process of the works on paper,
where the compositions are derived from details found in the paper works and
are built or stacked from the bottom upward. Different elements stack against
each other creating rhythm and tension within the composition, while the color,
shape, line, and pattern remain the focus of the work. Born in New Orleans and
raised in Miami, Raymond Saá currently lives and works in New Jersey.