Santi Moix

SANTI MOIX (Barcelona, 1960)
Untitled, 1992
Mixed media on thick paper.
Signed and dated.
Measurements: 99 x 67 cm, 117 x 86 cm (with frame).

Behind the naive appearance of the composition unfolds a complex pictorial universe where gesture, matter and symbol intertwine with total freedom. The central figure, with an almost childlike stroke, emerges on a background worked with glazes and drags, generating a dense and enveloping atmosphere that enhances its presence.

Based in New York, Santi Moix is one of the most internationally renowned Spanish artists in contemporary art. His practice, which encompasses painting, drawing and sculpture, develops as a unique process in which all languages feed back into each other. Awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2002, he has exhibited in leading institutions and galleries in Europe and the United States.

His work, present in important collections, is characterized by a visual universe of its own, with organic roots and great gestural freedom, where each piece is conceived as part of an ongoing investigation. Sculpture, in this context, acquires a special value by transferring to volume the pictorial energy that defines his language.