Guerreiro is an artist born in Lisbon who expresses and creates art in many different mediums, primarily painting but she also uses ceramics, sculpture and her interest in fashion to also help communicate her ideas.
Guerrerio's paintings are large-scaled and use bold colours but often without tonal elements. The paintings have a lack of depth to them which makes the characters come to life as if they are popping out of the foreground. The composition has a striking movement to it, which allows the visual narrative and explanation to be portrayed through a figurative structure. The way her paintings are structured is unique and inspirational - she follows an unorthodox point of perspective and composition which makes the audience feel as if they are given a first-hand glimpse of a much bigger picture; which is the way we often perceive information.
Guerrero doesn’t seem to be interested in portraying a self-absorbed narrative within her work but aims to raise questions and encourages her work to be subject to debate, wanting her work to echo and voice the diverse opinions of the general public. She does this by satirically misplacing ordinary objects into unusual situations and contexts inviting the audience to reach their own explanation and conclusion.
I find the way she paints and expresses herself is inspirational. She consciously adds irony using recognizable yet out of context objects within her work. I find this really effective and it feels as if it encourages a reaction from the audience. Her painting style is unique and free, allowing an image to speak for itself rather than needing to be fully explained and recognized by the restrictive rules of ‘art’.
“When you look at my paintings it’s almost like walking down the street where I used to live, where there’s a million neighbors talking to each other, there’s a guy cycling to sharpen his knives and he blows a whistle and everything is happening at once.”