Navarro is more anchored in the forms of the real world, although his subjects are endowed with supernatural and, at times, ghostly power. His works draw our attention because of the themes they present. He does it boldly, creating fierce figures that attract and repel at the same time, reminding us of the dark and hallucinatory work of Francis Bacon (1909-1992).

After winning the 1994 Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation International August Salon Award in Bogotá, one of the most prestigious in Colombia, his career has progressed steadily. The artist uses his brushstrokes to expose his soul before us. In 2019 he was invited to participate in Residency Unlimited in Broooklyn, NY, where the emergence of a new concept called “Coocons” was born.

This is where Navarro achieves extreme artistic sophistication, balancing content with form, and the latter provides emotional support to the idea of the former, overshadowing it, but not too obvious. Works of this stature, such as The Waiting Room, earned him a bronze medal at the 1996 Osaka Triennale. Navarro is perhaps best known today for his unbridled and energetic steeds, a theme he has been exploring for some 20 years. The artist continues to innovate, however, using patterned fabrics to add another layer of texture to these explosively virile wild beasts, once again showing their uncontrolled balance between substance and form. But the horse is simply a pretext for Eduardo Navarro to explore his expressionist energy. What better animal to represent spiritual freedom and rebellion in the splashes of brush than a galloping horse? What better way of life to oppose the dramatic weight of his human figures than an unrestrained stallion?

– Orlando Hernandez. · Postdoctoral Curatorial Researcher