Juan Genovés
Juan Genovés (born May 31, 1930 in Valencia , † May 15, 2020 in Madrid ) was a Spanish painter and graphic artist .
life and work
Genovés was born in 1930 to Juan Genovés Cubells, an artisan whose family was close to the labor movement. His mother, Maria Candel Muñoz, came from a family of practicing Catholics. Genovés studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia and then settled in Madrid . In 1957 he had his first solo exhibitions in the Alfil Gallery, Madrid and in the Museo d'Arte Moderna, Havana .
He was considered the most important representative of modern Spanish painting. His pictures, executed in a politically engaged, critical realism, were an immediate response to the fascist violence of the late Franco regime . The artist's subjects were arrests, manhunts, torture and murder scenes, whereby the victims were confronted in an anonymous mass with their likewise faceless henchmen. He used stencils and a spray gun for the hunted individuals that he represented in an "ant-like crowd". The use of these technical means "[...] led to a suggestive de-individualization of the characters, which strengthens the artist's political commitment."
The artist's work is represented in numerous museum collections, his work is represented by the Marlborough Galleries and is regularly exhibited in London, New York, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and Monaco as well as at international art fairs.
literature
- Georg Bussmann : Art and Politics. Badischer Kunstverein, 1970
- Juan Genovés, Georg Bussmann: Genovés. Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1971 (for the exhibitions in Frankfurt, Berlin, Stuttgart and Recklinghausen)
Exhibitions
- 1966 Venice Biennale
- 1971 Genovés. Frankfurter Kunstverein (also Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Städtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen)
- 1971 Aspetti della graphics europea , Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca 'Pesaro, Venice Biennale
- 1972 Genovés , Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum , Rotterdam
- 1983 Dreams and Nightmares , Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden , Washington
- 2004 El Pop Espanol , Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain
- 2008 The Hands of Art , MARTa Herford Museum for Contemporary Art
Web links
- Website of the artist (English)
- Website of the Marlborough galleries (English)
- Images of works on the artnet.com site
Individual evidence
- ↑ S'ha mort l'artista Joan Genovés a 89 anys. In: VilaWeb. May 15, 2020, accessed May 15, 2020 (Catalan).
- ↑ Karin Thomas, Gerd de Vries: DuMont's artist dictionary from 1945 to the present. DuMont, Cologne, 2nd edition, 1979, ISBN 3-7701-0996-1 , p. 160.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Genovés, Juan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valencia , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 2020 |
| Place of death | Madrid |