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.
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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