The work of Mario Vélez (Medellín, 1968), a fortunate product of the current plastic arts scene in the country, is the subject of this new Villegas Editores publication. His career, which began in the nineties when the artist was a finalist in the “Oltre il muro” contest in Milan, Italy, continues and has become known through numerous solo and group exhibitions in Colombia, Germany, Austria, the United States, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Panama, and Switzerland. This book, which explores the work of Mario Vélez guided by Luis Fernando Valencia, a thorough connoisseur of it, reaffirms this valuable artistic presence and states: “If all painting must be a testimony of its time and also carry behind it the tradition it abandons, Mario Vélez’s painting demonstrates this fact with elaborate resolution.”