Paulo Pinzon

05/19/2025

08/07/2019

Flipping A Coin To See If I Have Bad Luck
I sometimes feel like “things never go right for me”. I’m not a superstitious person, but I do feel like I have bad luck. In this performance, I call and toss a coin over the course of an hour to have the results reveal the truth of my misfortune; am I really unlucky or is it all in my head?

06/18/2019

A clean canvas reminds me of a clean conscience, a clean slate, and a clean room. I remember listening to psychologist Jordan Peterson discuss the value of cleaning your room. That your room is an externalisation of your mind. When it comes to myself, my art projects are my best attempts of self-expression. They are an extension or reflection of myself, and because of this, I want to practice cleaning this canvas and do what I can to keep it clean over time. The care that I hope to put into this canvas reminds me of the care I must put into myself, my actions, and the well-being of others.
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Clean Canvas, 2019
Canvas, Plaque, Log Book
14 x 18 cm
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06/04/2019

Climbing a Mountain out of a Hill – I climb a hill repeatedly until having climbed the equivalent distance of a large mountain.
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The project takes inspiration from the idiom “make mountains out of molehills”, a metaphor which refers to the behavior that is the over-reaction to minor issues.

06/04/2019

You Again – Two strangers walk past each other for thirty days.
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04/01/2019

This is a painting of Dunkirk beach located in the north of France. I’ve lived on this beach for some years. It is windy here and the water is cold. The water of today looks different from yesterday. The colours constantly change and its appearance transforms with each fleeting and coming wave. I’ve been spending time painting just the beach because I find it has begun to play a role in my life. It is revealed to me at night when the horizon line merges with the night sky. Unable to distinguish between one and the other, it looks as if you stand in front of a black wave that towers infinitely above you.

Thank you to Andréa Graziano who taught me how to blend paint using her knowledge of how to apply women’s make-up. She also helped me make this painting.
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Dunkirk Beach At Night #3, 2019
Oil on canvas
65 x 92 cm