This series was worked in a realistic way and with its own language, which the art critic Hernán Rodríguez Castelo designated as neo-expressionist of social criticism and denunciation (Rodríguez Castelo Hernán, 2006. Antonio Romoleroux. New critical dictionary of Ecuadorian visual artists of the 20th century, pp. 568-570).
Social injustice, poverty, exploitation, discrimination, corruption, violence, had a profound impact on me and generated a need to express my feelings about this reality through contemporary art. The confirmation of the suffering that this reality produces in the human psyche motivated me to capture this social reality and its psychological effects on human beings such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, etc., which can reach extremes of suffering that lead to extreme situations such as suicide.
“Depression” oil on canvas, 180 x 140 cm. 1990
Foto obra: Depresión, óleo sobre tela, 180 x 140 cm. 1990 by Antonio Romoleroux is licensed under a Creative Commons Reconocimiento-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional License.
“Last Supper” graphite on canson, 40×20 cm. 1991
“Latrines”, silkscreen, 50×70 cm. 1989, Honorable Mention, First National Engraving Competition, House of Ecuadorian Culture, 1990
“Self-portrait” egocentrism, graphite on paper 21×15 cm. 1990
“Self-portrait” schizophrenia, sanguine on paper 21×15 cm. 1990
“Self-portrait, Dysthymia” graphite on paper, 21 x 15 cm. 1990
“Self-portrait” oil on cardboard, 30×21 cm. 1990
“False defender of human rights and his product”, drypoint, 30×21 cm. 1989
“Super me” drypoint, 30×21 cm. 1989
“Self-portrait”, oil on canson, 50×40 cm. 1988
“Slaves of our own condition”, stone lithograph, 100×70 cm. 1988
“Customs”, stone lithograph, 50 x 40 cm. 1988
Untitled, strong water, 50×40 cm. Honorable Mention, XLV National Engraving Competition, Municipality of Quito, 1987
“He who does not leave”, etching and aquatint, 40×30 cm. 1987