Keywords
postmodernist art
pop art
visual aesthetic Juan Botas
marcos
estética visual
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Abstract
This work is focused on the study of a serie of frames made by Juan Botas in his New Yorker study. The collection is composed of almost twenty works, nowadays located in Museo-Casa Natal de Jovellanos. Previously, these works were part of the exhibition named “Pásate por el estudio”, in the museum Nicanor Piñole in 1989.
These frames were made of foam, from a previous sketch, and then polychromed. Forms and colors are the interesting part about this. Behind this, there are anentire visual theory of the color and a clearly unique aesthetic that had been improved over the time by the asturian artist. Moreover, all of these three-dimensional works are one of the examples of the experimentation that Botas had developed in the field of the visual theory. With these frames, there are other examples of three-dimensional creations that the artist had developed using the same materials. It is about several ornamental elements used in the same exhibition, although with different forms, but always using his own style.
Along this set of works we can find several influences and memories such as American pop art, of the pattern painting, of the New York School, of Neo-Pop. Furthermore, we can find the influence of leading figures inside the artistic field of postmodernity.
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