Diego Pombo

He has been a highly talented autodidact with a fine sense of sarcasm expressed in many of his works. His artistic life began as a musician in 1975, when he participated in various local salsa, rock and jazz bands. His works reveal a satirical, dreamlike, erotic and musical intensity. His portraits of bands, statuesque muses and nymphs, madmen and women, musicians, politicians, heroes, virgins and whores feed a whole pantheon of idyllic characters with whom Pombo plays to create true theatrical and fantastic universes.

He, who defines himself as the fresh and loving posthumous boyfriend of Jovita Feijoo, is recognized for the series of portraits made in honor of the famous madmen of the city. It is not for nothing that the great “loco Guerra” is the conductor of his orchestra, while Jovita, always the muse, leads the band's playing from the piano. His obsession with madness is due to the full conviction that this delirious state of mind is the only way to oppose and resist the system and the oppressive daily life of a sad and closed nation.

The tranquility of his face and the freshness printed in his smile are enough to understand the charisma and emotional reflection of each of the characters in his paintings. One of the most interesting aspects of Pombo's artistic and plastic work is that it accounts for the historical and cultural memory of the city and the region, based on the claim of icons and important personalities of the daily life of the world and society. .

However, Diego Pombo has not limited himself to his own creation as an artist, since like many who venture into this medium, he has worked in the design and illustration of advertising posters; He has even produced several illustrations for magazines, magazines, newspapers and books.

Taken from Isaacs Virtual Center