José Vera Matos

Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation, 202065 x 50cm7500 EUR

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stylographs on cotton paper80m2 Livia BenavidesLima

Description

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This contemporary artwork features a large grid of uniform white rectangular shapes, creating a visually striking pattern across the canvas. The composition is balanced and minimalist, with the repeating geometric forms occupying the majority of the space. The artist has employed a monochromatic color palette, using subtle variations of white to add depth and a sense of movement within the grid. The overall effect is one of serene simplicity, inviting the viewer to contemplate the interplay of light and form. This piece reflects the artist's interest in exploring the relationship between structure and perception, and the power of abstract compositions to evoke a contemplative response. ...

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Artist

José Vera Matos

, Peruvian

José Vera Matos uses drawing to trace the relationship between language, power, and colonial systems in the particular context of Latin America. Selecting pivotal texts in his research, Matos analytically dissects these works, extracting patterns, motifs, and potential visual possibilities. Once this initial stage is complete, Matos begins the durational process of hand transcribing these texts with fountain pens onto bamboo paper. Switching between different coloured inks, and carving abstracted blocks of text onto his surface, a mixture of fluid gestural markings emerge in conversation with quite angular, geometric designs. Sometimes these arrangements echo figures found in pre-Columbian textiles and pottery, whilst other compositions resemble geometric blocks of Incan architecture. What pulses throughout all of these syncopated explorations is a desire to reveal the relationship between colonial structures and language, a need to unearth the written word as a weighty tool and its role in upholding systems of power. Traversing the fields of post-colonial theory, sociology, and semantics in the lens of Conceptual art and mid 1960s Minimalism, Matos continues to make work which is deeply political at its core. ...

José Vera Matos: Artworks

José Vera Matos“Mil Lenguas Propias VII” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret”, 2024, 2024Price on Request

José Vera Matos“Mil Lenguas Propias VIII” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret, 2024Price on Request

José Vera MatosAn Indeterminate Horizon III, 2024Price on Request

José Vera MatosHand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” (2020), 2020Price on Request

José Vera MatosHand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” (), 2019Price on Request

José Vera MatosHand transcription of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s book “A thousand Plateaus, 20227500 USD

José Vera MatosUn libro sonríe / Una canción se Burla. Transcripción a mano del Libro Tempestad en Los Andes de Luis. E Valcárcel y fragmentos de la canción “Las Colinas” de V.A Gil Mallma / Picaflor de Los Andes, 202316000 USD

José Vera MatosHandwritten transcription of the text “The mushrooms at the end of the world - on the possibility of life in the ruins of capitalism” by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, 202413500 EUR

José Vera MatosHandwritten transcription of the text “The mushrooms at the end of the world - on the possibility of life in the ruins of capitalism” by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing., 20247500 EUR

José Vera MatosHandwritten transcription of the book “Tempestad en Los Andes de Luis. E Valcárcel y fragmentos de la canción “Las Colinas” de V.A Gil Mallma / Picaflor de Los Andes, 202319000 EUR

José Vera MatosYOU WILL ONLY UNDERSTAND THE WORLD WHEN YOU GET LOST AND TREMBLE WITH IT, 20247500 EUR

José Vera MatosHandwritten transcription of the text “Independencia y Revolución” compiled by Alberto Flores Galindo”, 20237500 EUR

José Vera MatosVARIABLE GEOMTRICS OF LANGUAGE, 20246500 EUR

José Vera MatosHand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation, 20207500 EUR

José Vera MatosMil Lenguas Propias IV” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret, 202414000 USD

José Vera MatosMil Lenguas Propias V” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret, 202414000 USD

José Vera MatosMil Lenguas Propias VI” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret, 202414000 USD

José Vera MatosHand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” (), 20237500 USD

Gallery

80m2 Livia Benavides

Lima

80M2 Livia Benavides is an art gallery specialised in Peruvian conceptual art. The gallery opened in Lima as a response to a scarce infrastructure for the arts. From then on, the gallery is focused on developing critical discourses on contemporary issues. We are interested in different voices, practices and aesthetics focused on political and social reflection. By promoting the works of established and emerging artists who have influenced the local artistic scene, we intend to introduce new names internationally. The gallery strives to build bridges between the local and international contributing to an interchange that goes beyond borders. 80m2 Livia Benavides advocates for non- conventional exhibitions spaces that transcends the white box experience. With the intend to reach a broader spectrum of the community and to rethink exhibition venues. ...