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Personaje en azul,
2024
Juan Ibarra
Painting : mixed media
130 x 120 x 1 cm 51.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,248
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130 x 120 x 1 cm 51.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: Mexico
“Character in Blue” – Juan Ibarra
Mixed media on canvas | 130 x 120 cm
In , artist Juan Ibarra immerses us in a deeply sensorial pictorial experience, where texture and gesture become the main vehicles of expression. This large-scale abstract work unfolds a visual universe dominated by the chromatic intensity of blue—a hue that serves not only as the central axis of the composition, but also as an enveloping atmosphere that conveys introspection, mystery, and emotional strength.
The canvas becomes a field of action where layers of material interact in a dynamic balance. Energetic, overlapping strokes traverse the surface with rhythmic cadence, constructing a gestural language that transcends figuration. Yet, amid the apparent abstract chaos, a figure emerges—a veiled character nestled within the forms, whose presence is felt more through the vibration of textures than through defined contours. This interplay between presence and concealment lends the piece an almost spiritual dimension, as though Ibarra invites us to discover the human within the intangible.
The use of mixed media further enriches the visual and tactile experience. Each layer, each mark on the canvas, appears to record a moment in the artist’s creative process—charged with intention and exploration. Rough textures, impastos, and translucent veils engage in dialogue, generating depth and movement.
With this work, Juan Ibarra reaffirms his commitment to a painting that is free, intuitive, and visceral—where color and matter become protagonists in an open-ended narrative. does not seek to provide answers but instead opens a space for contemplation, emotion, and the discovery of what lies beneath the surface.
A piece that, beyond its abstraction, speaks of human presence as a resilient energy—one that manifests even within visual silence.
Juan Ibarra – Artistic Trajectory
Visual artist Juan Ibarra was born in the iconic port city of Acapulco, Guerrero, and has built a solid career within contemporary Mexican art through an approach that merges roots, technique, and expressive exploration. His first contact with art took place in Tixtla, Guerrero, under the mentorship of muralist Jaime Gómez del Payán, who instilled in him a deep sensitivity toward art as a vehicle for identity and collective memory.
Ibarra later continued his training at the renowned , where he studied printmaking, engraving, and lithography under the guidance of master Jesús Álvarez Amaya, a key figure in Mexico’s political and social art movements. This experience profoundly shaped his visual language, giving him both technical rigor and a critical awareness that continue to echo in his work. His education was further enriched by a series of workshops at the historic , an institution that provided him with a strong academic foundation and an openness to contemporary visual languages.
Juan Ibarra is an artist who bridges tradition and experimentation. His work, in constant evolution, flows seamlessly between figuration and abstraction, between materiality and symbolism—always in search of a visual poetics rooted in heritage and projected toward the present.
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The burning sensation conveyed by Juan Ibarra's proposal is comparable to the feeling of seeing cuts and openings in flesh. It is no coincidence that the painter inherits techniques such as frottage and grattage, which give his canvases an aged appearance. In fact, his work is adjacent to the European tradition that encompasses informalism and abstract expressionism. In this way, the artist aims to highlight the worn-out character of painting, as well as the range of textures and reliefs that literally detach from the canvas.
Somehow, his pieces speak of the pictorial disintegration that not only exhausts itself but also gives rise to an exposed process of material healing. Therefore, his creations represent matter in a raw state of cauterization and transformation. This aesthetic of decay is crucial to him as it exacerbates the fragmented nature of the materials he uses to paint. This is because he deliberately resolves his compositions and, to a certain extent, anticipates the ravages of time in the realm of plastic arts.
Hence, his art decomposes color, forms, and spaces, along with their multiple interrelations. It is worth mentioning that the artist works in layers, much like sediments of rock formations, to then intercalate and blend the background with the surface and vice versa on a single plane. Furthermore, his works frequently feature geometric and expressionistic linear structures that enhance the visual effect of corrosion while carrying an immeasurable dramatic charge.
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