1990 -1997

It is important to be oneself and not let yourself be hypnotized by fashion or fame. You have to give the best of yourself in this competitive world. Giving the best without comparing to others is the only possible way not to obscure your own creative capacity.
Pérez Celis 1990.

When I paint I don't think of the result, neither in competing with other artists, nor in pleasing the public. If I do this I would cease to put all my attention, passion and love into what I am doing. I don't think an artist can explain his work or the work needs to be explained.
Pérez Celis 1990.

Collection Polly Ferman,
New York, USA.

Carpet for Collection Louis De Poortere.
Louis De Poortere

Pérez Celis invited by IBM to the Annual Convention in Puerto Rico, along with Jorge Amado and Carlos Fuentes, representing Latin American art. 1990.

You can paint a circle, a splash, an apple or a landscape and transmit the essence and heritage of the Latin American spirit, which differentiates us from a French, German or North American artist.

The Latin American artist has in addition the great possibility to add the essence of his own culture to those that have been incorporated from Europe or the United States. This enables our enrichment and becomes something different and personal.
Pérez Celis, Puerto Rico 1990.

Pérez Celis throws water on a canvas already painted with a motif. Without letting the water dry on the canvas, throws blue paint and gives brushstrokes to cover much of the background.” This is a technique that I discovered one day when I spilled water and paint on the floor and saw the effect that caused when running on the wood. A painter always finds something new in a mistake that has an unexpected effect. One has to be alert.”
Pérez Celis Interview Newspaper El Cronista, 1992

Logo of the Museum designed by Pérez Celis

"I probably felt that just as I was painting something so dramatic, as death I had to paint something as exciting as life by the side." El Gran libro is an entity, life and death.
Pérez Celis in an Interview about the 96 skulls.

Performance "El grand libro" during the Exhibition in National Public Library 300,000 visitors

Mar del Plata, Argentina.