Stretching canvas to its limits was never enough for this Costa Rican, Copenhagen-based artist, who continues to create not only new forms but languages within painting.
In a transcendental arc of artworks, Pablo Saborío builds a path under his own feet, finding new tools for expression in one innovative medium after the next.
Above: The artist in his studio Below: Details from Oil on Canvas work, 2012
Saborío began painting following a dream in which he was asked to paint a skull. Upon waking up, he bought paints, and did so. (Painting below)
Acrylic as a canvas became Saborío’s new normal. The below selection charts his evolution:
‘The Thing That Surrenders’, Mixed acrylic paint colours with varnish and spread with a plastic sheet 
‘The Image Detached From The Text’, Silk paper on acrylic glass 
‘Birth Life Dying’, Oil on canvas from 2012 
‘The Language Of Transcendence’, acrylic on acrylic glass
Discover more of Pablo Soborío’s works on his official website, here.
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