Unión, 2014

Javier Rey   Emerging artists

From the Series Unión Edition of 5 + 1AP 

More sizes and Editions: 60 x 40 cm. Edition of 7 110 x 73 cm. Edition of 2 Unframed 

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This artwork presents a striking juxtaposition between the untouched natural landscape and a solitary human figure, surrounded by verdant grasslands marked with rugged rocks. The composition captures a cow grazing serenely in the foreground, a symbol of pastoral tranquility. Meanwhile, the human figure, reclined and seemingly contemplative, is placed higher up, integrating into the vastness of the scene. The use of earthy greens contrasts vividly with the figure's skin tone, highlighting the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature. The gentle slope of the hillside adds dimensionality, drawing the eye across the tableau. This piece uniquely explores themes of solitude, introspection, and our intrinsic connection to the earth, inviting the viewer to pause and reflect on the simplicity and depth of existence within nature's embrace.

 "The first encounter I had with the abyss, was arriving at a place that does not exist, a point suspended in time where I am without being. An unreal world expands in front of me, everything here is stripped of identity; it’s a void with volumes and textures in which I transit. The abyss is not aggressive, it is not violent, and it is not tangible, but it exists: “Is the abyss no more than an expedient annihilation? It would not be difficult for me to read the abyss, not as a repose, but as an emotion. I mask my mourning by an evasion; I dilute myself, I swoon in order to escape that density, that clogging which makes me into a responsible subject: I come out: it is ecstasy.”