Guillermo Perdomo (Salvadoran, b. 1970), Bronze Torso

Life-size patinated bronze, signed and numbered "Perdoma 1-1," possibly from the artist's series in 'Fragments and Deconstruction' of the female form, together with a triangular wooden display plinth.

12 x 39 x 24 in.

Purchased in 2020 directly from Guillermo and Bettina Perdomo in El Salvador.

Born in Santa Tecla, La Libertad, sculptor Guillermo Pedormo, studied Civil Engineering at Albert Einstein University between 1989 and 1994. His artistic training is largely self-taught, with a primary focus in the human body. Working in stone, copper and bronze, Pedermo doesn't strive to reproduce the figure as a faithful copy of reality, but instead makes cuts that disrupt or displace its traditional form and volume, thus proposing a new vision of the human figure by blending the classical with the modern.

Pedermo has held solo and group exhibitions in El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, the United States, and Spain. He is the recipient of various awards, including "Young Talent of the Year" (1998), awarded by the Embassy of Mexico in El Salvador and Gallery 91; selected as one of the nine sculptors of the 20th century, by the Patronato Pro-Patrimonio Cultural in 1999; "Ingenio 2004" Award in the Sculpture Branch by the CNR, El Salvador; tribute in the Sculpture Hall of the French Lyceum, El Salvador (2005); among others.
In 2014, Guillermo installed a major large scale public installation titled "Homage to Memory," comprised of 96 gray truncated log tree forms, reflecting on the environmental destruction in the urban area of ​​the Metropolitan Area of ​​San Salvador (AMSS).

Variations and rubbing to the patina; some casting pits as made; plinth with surface scratches.