Radel Paredes

Artist

Radel Paredes is a faculty at the University of San Carlos, where he obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts major in Advertising Arts as well as master’s degrees in Philosophy and Cinema Studies. He is currently connected with the USC Department of Fine Arts and the Department of Philosophy. Paredes was a former journalist who used to write articles and columns in newspapers and magazines, mostly on art and culture. As an artist, Paredes works in different media being a painter, sculptor, illustrator, and printmaker.

HIS STORY

This work is collage made from random materials readily available at the moment of creation. The materials were selected for their design qualities (texture, color, contrasts, etc.) as well as semiotic implications (ex. contrasting images that suggest decay, death, but also advanced technology). The warning sign DANGER reminds me of Martin Heidegger who thought about modern technology, being a source of both doom and salvation for humanity. Heidegger quotes the poet Friedrich Holderlin: “But where danger lies, also grows the saving power.