Tempe Hernande (1978, Argentina)

Tempe, who is also a musician, studied visual arts at the IUNA (National University Institute of Arts) and painting with artist Burone Risso (2005-2006, Buenos Aires). He worked as an assistant to sculptor Osvaldo Decastelli (2005–2007). He graduated in jazz performance and popular Latin American music from the Technological Institute of Contemporary Music (1998) in Buenos Aires and later studied double bass under masters Horacio Fumero and Javier Colina in Barcelona (2000–2004). In 2019, he received a Master’s degree in Sound Art from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

The Work
In the heart of a bustling city, where thousands of people walk by and the sound of buses and car horns fills the air, the sound and visual landscape is made up of an endless stream of overlapping sounds and images. The sounds we hear, like the images we see on billboards or graffiti on the street, carry information that the brain processes to varying degrees depending on the attention given to them. Images and sounds present themselves in layers, often masking each other. Tempe’s paintings attempt to unmask these layers, isolating events from the overwhelming flow of information that constantly surrounds us. In his work Politik-Tok, Tempe used an image of a public advertisement from the streets of Berlin as a leitmotif. The image features an anonymous politician, symbolizing the political class that governs us. These political figures, with speeches that often resemble TikTok performances more than meaningful discourse, are depicted as superficial and devoid of substance.

Permanent artist in Artevistas Gallery