Contemporary Art
From the series The weight of words
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His works are the result of his artistic residency in Colombia, where he explores visually and conceptually the series: The burden of words, a punctual reading of the context where he lives and works, with its complexities, contradictions and lack of freedom in the present. In his new series of works he uses graphite as the main material, giving it a leading role, a poetic abstraction and a conceptual dialogue on the burden of words.
In his work, the word is the bearer of a poetic and universal language, where abstraction stands as a point of reflection on ethics and the role of the artist in society, exploring the tension between saying and silence. The abstract then becomes a subversive attitude, a gesture to think and synthesize life and history through words.
Jose Angel appropriates the word “Sedición” (Sedition) in reference to Decree-Law 370, approved by the Cuban government in 2019 which criminalizes “the dissemination on social networks of information contrary to the public interest, morals, good customs and the integrity of persons”. This law, which allows the imprisonment of those who criticize the system and its rulers, is popularly known as the “gag law”.
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