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Javier Marín

is abundant variety of materials used by Javier Marin, from the early works of pottery, by the use of resin and bronze, through alternative media such as tobacco and amaranth seed, among others.
Using his own words, "the sculpture is alive" and does not obviate the experimental nature of it feeds the emotions and expressiveness.

Javier Marin has 48 years and exhibits since 1983

Javier Marin is one of the most influential artists in contemporary sculpture. His work stands as a revisiting of the traditional canons, implying a sense of craft production as a mark of origin. The artist seems to be committed to enhancing the scars that result from the design of parts by integrating them into the final texture.

Javier Marín, clay from Oaxaca and Zacatecas with engobes
Sin título, 82 x 30 x 29 cm, 1993
"Sitting mujercita Amarilla" 78 x 23 x 27 cm, 1993

Javier Marín, Untitled, Oaxaca and Zacatecas bar with
engobes, 94 x 66 x 33 cm, 1994

Javier Marín, "Head IX, 1996
the lost wax bronze with lard silver, 49 x 26 x 35 cm

Javier Marín, Oaxaca and Zacatecas mud with engobes
"light only" 155 x 68 x 35 cm, 1996
"The Heart in es mio", 140 x 70 x 64 cm, 1995

Javier Marín, "Hombre Grande de Pie," 1997
polyester resin, 217 x 83 x 74 cm

Javier Marín, lost wax bronze em
"Neither you nor I", 153 x 63 x 65 cm, 1997
Untitled, 160 x 80 x 55 cm, 1998

Javier Marín, "Red Head", polyester resin,
Semente amaranth and rail, 337 x 240 x19 cm, 1997

Javier Marín, "Today Is Today "(1 flat), 2000
polyester resin and oil rail, 389 x 237 x 295 cm

Javier Marín, "Torso of Man I" clay Oaxaca and Zacatecas
com slips, 143 x 64 x 72 cm, 2000

Javier Marín, "White Woman I II III", 2000
Oaxaca and Zacatecas mud slips com
144 x 65 x 44 cm / 150 x 65 x 53 cm / 150 x 65 x 53 cm

Javier Marín, "Gate-Cubes", 2000
polyester resin, 240 x 160 x 40 cm

Agustín Arteaga, curator and art critic, in Javier Marín: "Regress cynically clássica origem da sculpture From thence to adulterating it immediately, in a vision Mannerist. Not political or conceptual, it could even be accused of apparently trivial and conventional.

Javier Marín, "Cube Nueve en Bronce, 2001
lost wax bronze, 50 x 50 x 40 cm (9 x)

" chose not to do 'what if hold 'of a contemporary artist. He returned to the archaic tradition of ceramics and patterned to challenge to his absolute honesty to do what he believes. With your attitude once again put the sculpture on a pedestal ... and reactivated the pendulum of art history. " (Agustín Arteaga, 1994)

Javier Marín," Head of Amarante I ", polyester resin and
amaranth seed, 158 x 110 x 75 cm 2001

Javier Marín, "Head," Lost Wax
bronze and polyester resin, 150 x 88 x 62 cm, 2001

Javier Marín " Torso de Hombre "in 2001
polyester resin, 162 x 76 x 50 cm

Javier Marín, Untitled, 2003
com arame polyester resin, 245 x 255 x 65 cm

Javier Marín, "Heaven, Earth, 2004
snuff com polyester resin, 72 x 262 x 112 cm

"Three Wigs" (2009) and "Seven Heads" (2005)
Javier Marín, Nohra Haime Gallery, Nova Iorque, 2009

Javier Marín, "Man Great "/" Great Women "Detalhe
Arts Center Fundidora Park, Monterrey
photography Esparta Palma, Fickr , 24.07.2008

Javier Marín, Retroperspectiva, 2005
Centro de las Artes del Parque Fundidora, Guadalupe

A mandatory reference in the work of Javier Marin's installation "Chalchihuites - Dos Gotas ", consisting of two rings with five feet in diameter, formed by fragments of bodies tied together. Allusion to a deity Aztec Coyolxauhqui, goddess of the moon

Javier Marín, "Chalchihuites - Dos Gotas", Arco, Madrid, 2005

Javier Marin, sculptures in polyester resin
3rd International Biennial of Art Beijing 2008

Built into the set of events involving the achievement of the last Olympics, the 3rd International Art Biennial Beijing awarded in 2008 the sculptural group "Torso de Mujer con Cuatro Cabezas Interchangeability", designed in polyester resin and black earth, in various dimensions: 152 x 67 x 43 cm (torso), 48 x 35 x 36 cm (cabeza 1), 53 x 32 x 33 cm (cabeza 2) and 45 x 26 x 36 cm (cabeza 3).

"Torso de Mujer con Cuatro Cabezas Interchangeability"
black earth and polyester resin, 2004

Javier Marín, "Caballos I, II and III"
polyester resin, 690 x 240 x 110 cm
wasteland Art Gallery, Arco, Madrid , 2005

Javier Marín, "Caballos I, II and III"
3 on 3, Piazzetta Reale, Mila, 2008/2009
photograph of Paolo Savonuzzi, Flickr, 20.11.2008

Javier Marín, "Caballos I, II and III"
Sculptuur Den Haag, The Hague, 2009
photography Marielle Ernst, Flickr, 14.06.2009

Sources: here, here and here.
Javier Marín, Uruapan Michoacan, Mexico, 1962

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The end of my vacation!

Yep, already the end of my vacation ... Is it me or if it goes too fast?

For a summary of recent, I rested and went skiing in droves. Especially in the last week since he's so beautiful. Tuesday, February 23, I went skiing at Mont Tremblant . There was some ice on the slopes, but that's normal, it has not snowed for a long time in the Laurentians. So what you do with a. ..

Between skiing days, I did nothing ... It's not complicated. You know, get up to 10 hours, eat, stay and play in your pajamas all day. It feels so good.

As for the cats or I want to buy, I have not met my landlord to ask if it was okay with him and learned that we are not in the correct time for kittens because cats are not in heat. I guarantee you I will give you new once everything is resolved.

that, I leave you and go partying at Nighter to enjoy it a bit before returning to work. Good week and see you soon!

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Blue Noses

Ends Today the International Fair of Contemporary Art in Madrid, "Arc 2011", which had its doors open to the public since Wednesday. Hitching a ride from the media frenzy of heterogeneity provided by guest artists in the country - Russia - the international press chose to highlight the work of the group Blue Noses, from its "Red Iconostasis.

Focus Rusia, "M & J Guelman Gallery, Arco 2011
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Madrid

The project, first presented in Moscow at M & J Guelman Gallery - under the name "Proletarian Conceptualism" - would mark the presence in Paris, In Situ Gallery ( "A la Russe" ) by the end of July 2010, lampooning the icons of the Soviet legacy.

Red Iconostasis "
Proletarian Conceptualism

Blue Noses, Arco Madrid 2011, mounting the exhibition of photography
Dominique Faget / AFP, 15.02.2011

Dual Blue Noses is formed by the architect and artist Viacheslav Mizin Shaburov Alexander, who formed the collective in 1999. That same year, significantly, the first public appearance could not be more challenging: "The Crazy Double. imbecility in the Strategy of Contemporary Art" (Imbecility Strategy in Contemporary Art.) Location of exposure: House of Artists in Moscow.

Blue Noses, "a la Russe," In Situ galerie, Paris, June / July 2010

Sources: here, here , here and here .
Shaburov Alexander, Berezovsky, Russia, Viacheslav Mizin
1965, Novosibirsk, Russia, 1962