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Art exhibeo1/31/2024 ![]() Made their home on the Iberian Peninsula over the ages while reflecting upon the splendour and decadence of these civilizations ".Artsper has a large selection of modern and contemporary canvas paintings for you to discover, organized under our various headers and themes. " I try to express landscapes, the sea, mountains, small towns and cities of my environment and the mark left behind by different civilizations that Jose works with gesso, acrylic and various palette knives to achieve a highly textured palimpsest effect that functions as an analogy of the ebb andįlow of geological time and the histories of many civilizations written, scrapped down and rewritten over vast periods of time.Ī fair amount of Muñoz’s output evokes the geographical features of the Iberian Peninsula – the colors and textures of land, desert and sea: In this he is not so different than Picasso who maintained that his abstracts where always rooted in the Things that used to be tangible as is the case with “Ancient Underwater Civilization”). Like Turner (who was obsessed about painting phenomena pertaining to the weather and the elements), Muñoz’s abstracts are mostly rooted in tangible, temporal things (or at least Landscapes (specifically: Shade and Darkness – The Evening of the Deluge, The Morning After the Deluge, Sunrise with Sea Monsters, and Coast Scene) than contemporary abstract art movements of theĢ0th century. In terms of connections to iconic art from the annals of art history, Jose’s work seems to me more rooted in J.M.W Turner’s late abstracted When Munoz brings us back to Earth to experience humanity first hand, we find ourselves trapped in his headĬontemplating paintings like “The Labyrinth of Useless Thoughts”. Urban development in contra-distinction to the wild places beyond urban sprawl. The detached perspective offers its own insights that force us to look at our world with the big picture constantly in view: climate change, or – much like a satellite orbiting the earth rather than a man participating in the throng of humanity. While his paintings are definitely earthy, they view the world and the human activities unfolding therein from a considerable distance ![]() ![]() HisĮye veers to the landscape above and beyond the human body. Jose Luis Muñoz – also from Málaga, has a quite different approach to his art. And when we’ve got Picasso on our mind, if weīracket cubism from our thought process, we think about a hyper sensual art oriented towards human corporeality. When us art oriented folk think of Málaga Spain we associate this place with Pablo Picasso’s hometown. The plausible connection between the two pushes you to study the work more closely. To titles that actually correlate with the compositions. They have meaning beyond their muted colors and strong horizontal compositions. They speak of history, the environment and how humans interact with it. What interests me about Muñoz’s abstract paintings is that while they are pretty to look at, they are titled in such a way that they are So these days, I find myself on the constant look out for abstract art that ignites my mind in some way and that’s why I’m writing about Jose’s Luis When art cannot be distinguished from wallpaper, the remaining points of discussion are of no particular interest to me. It is the favored art of dental clinic waiting To a staid, inoffensive and tame art – a sad sight similar to contemplating a neutered cat growing fatter and lazier on the couch by the minute. ![]() Once so filled with vitality in its primal pursuit of getting to the heart of spirit and matter, the many subgenres of Abstract add up Some of it is pretty while a lot of it is not, but beyond obscure observations pertaining to pigment, medium and support surface, abstract art hasīecome an intellectually boring enterprise for the viewer. I am struck by the vast quantity of abstract art residing in a barren and meaningless cultural cul-de-sac where the good, the bad and the uglyĬonverge in a kaleidoscope of non-meaning. Worse still: so much of it is purely decorative tripe lacking any context at all. That will not stop me from saying that generally speaking (there are exceptions… some of which can be found right here at Art Exhibeo), that which falls under the banner of “abstract art” hasĭegenerated into a vague exercise of art for art’s sake. Now before I go ahead and unpack this, understand dear reader that I staunchly support and enjoy abstract art. Let’s begin this review with a brutal observation of the current state of affairs of abstract art today and why I think Muñoz’ art points the way toĪ more fruitful approach to the genre. Urban sprawl and the material hubris humans leave in their wake. Jose Luis Muñoz paints muted abstracted environmental portraits that explore themes such as climate change, urban development, lost civilizations, JOSE LUIS MUÑOZ: ABSTRACTING THE EBB AND FLOW OF ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
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