Expressing concern about the visual fatigue stemming from the constant deluge of mass media imagery, Ochoa's paintings act as a counterbalance, inviting viewers to rediscover the intimate act of contemplation. He strategically challenges the prevailing notion that beauty is an outdated concept, asserting that the sublime, often lost in today's art, deserves recognition and resurgence.
Ochoa's process is deeply rooted in reimagining pre-existing images and exploring how they resonate within contemporary contexts. His paintings seek to unravel the enigmatic narratives woven within the visual tapestry, generating questions that defy simple answers. Drawing inspiration from cinema, Ochoa brings a unique twist by translating cinematic imagery back into the realm of painting, a departure from the conventional flow of influence between the two mediums.
The artist delves into the intersection of film and painting, inspired by the pictorial sense inherent in cinema. Ochoa reverses the traditional relationship, utilizing cinematic imagery and sequences to infuse the atmosphere and essence of a painting into motion. His exploration involves deconstructing and reconstructing images from diverse sources to create new, enigmatic narratives, each evoking a sense of mystery, beauty, and the sublime.
Ochoa's artistic process embraces the concepts of ambiguity, the "open work" advocated by Umberto Eco, and the interplay between cinematic and pictorial elements. By examining how film directors handle pictorial concepts, particularly the sublime, he endeavors to translate these cinematic aesthetics back into the static, yet deeply evocative, realm of painting.
