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“Torre de Babel” series represents the Babel’s Tower in different escenes, as next, where we can find Godzilla perched on the tower and trying to catch any plane, or a parody of the Rene’s Margritte painting “Ceci n’est pas une … Continue reading
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“Tiziano” series is a reinterpretation of nude woman figures Tiziano painted and now Armengol wanted to show to the people through the filter of his painting and his own style. In this works we see the characteristic primary coloured lines and panels that … Continue reading
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That two series are reinterpretations of academic art too, an other time using the Post-Impressionist dividing technique based in the colour theory, where all colours are made mixing the three primary colours -Red, Green, Bluee- using the line technique or the … Continue reading
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“Por-op-Pompeia” is one of the most technic series Armengol have. Here we can see the best expression of his colour technique, and the use of colour he do. Using geometric figures he give a perspective effect that is maybe unique. … Continue reading
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“Matança del porc”, is a hiperrealistic series where Armengol illustred different still life. In this sample we can see the process a leg of pork have to became a ham. That subject, the still life are so recurrent in Armengol, as … Continue reading
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That series is a reinterpretation of some Goya works with his own techniques, dividing the composition in little areas and aplying vertical lines of different colours what forms the final figure in the first case. The second one case, is … Continue reading
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I’m going to post some pictures by Rafael Armengol, the artist of Benimodo who have made academic this year in San Carlos Fine Arts Academy of Valencia. This series, “A Vicent Andrés Estellés”, has as central subject the Valencian poetry … Continue reading
Last week I went to Manuel’s Boix home because I had to give them the CD that is included in my book. He is undoubtedly one of the most representative of the Valencian painting movement born in 60′, together with R. Armengol or A. Heras, and I enjoyed an interesting conversation with him.
Now, I would like to show you something about his work.
Rostre que comença, Manuel Boix (2000)
(Starting face)
Rostre que comença la desfiguració, Manuel Boix (2001)
(Face starting to be disfigured)
Esbós per a un retrat en un revolt, Manuel Boix (2002-2003)
(Sketch for a portrait in a scramble)
That three paintings are part of the series “El rostre” (The face). That it’s about the same painting creation process and the relevance that faces have in the pictorial art. In this series, the paint as subject are the axis of the works, but paint isn’t applied over the canvas as it may seem. The work that Boix does with the contrasts and light reflex creates that realist effect, that is achieved applying transparent watery oil over the painting.
Personaly this is my favourite series of him, you can see more as the next picture in his web: ManuelBoix.com
La mirada innumerable de Narcís, Manuel Boix (2003)
(The innumerable seen of Narcissus)
In L’Alcúdia (Valencia, “Spain”), we can find, on the Casa de la Cultura, a dome that have impressive frescoes that he did during the years 2002 and 2003, commemorating the 750 anniversary of the town. “La cúpula de la Ribera” (The dome of La Ribera), as is titled it, have as central subject the artist profession as the escence of the composition, as he said last week during a guided visit to the exposure “Obra gràfica i impresa – Manuel Boix” (Graphic and printed work – Manuel Boix), in reference to that series before said.
La cúpula de La Ribera, Manuel Boix (2002-2003)
(The dome of La Ribera)
La cúpula de La Ribera, Manuel Boix (2002-2003)
(The dome of La Ribera)
La cúpula de La Ribera, Manuel Boix (2002-2003)
(The dome of La Ribera)
La cúpula de La Ribera, Manuel Boix (2002-2003)
(The dome of La Ribera)
Other artistic discipline Manuel Boix has developed is sculpture. He has important sculptures on bustling streets of Valencia, as the sculptures about “Pilota a mà”, that are in front of Bancaixa building and are made with bronze.
Seqüència, Manuel Boix (1992)
(Sequence)
This sculpture and also the next one are included into the series “El punt dins el moviment” (The point into the movement), that have as central subject the Valencian traditional game “Pilota a mà”, that combines bronze and marble figures.
Escenificació de Narcís, Manuel Boix (1991)
(Staging of Narcissus)
About sculpture we can talk about another series he did to illustrate the book “Terra en la boca” (Sand into the mouth), by Joan Fuster.
Final (Terra en la boca), Manuel Boix (1993)
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