Handwritten transcription of the text “The mushrooms at the end of the world - on the possibility of...

José Vera Matos

Handwritten 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., 202465 x 50cmSign in to view price
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ink on cotton paper80m2 Livia Benavides
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This abstract artwork features a visually striking composition of repeating geometric patterns and textures in shades of gray. The canvas is divided into a series of rectangular frames, creating a sense of depth and layering. The artist has employed a technique that gives the impression of a hazy, atmospheric landscape, with subtle gradients and blurred lines suggesting the movement of clouds or water. While the subject matter is open to interpretation, the work evokes a meditative, contemplative mood through its minimalist aesthetic and careful balance of positive and negative space. The artist's intention may have been to explore the interplay of form, light, and perception in a contemporary abstract manner. ...

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José Vera Matos
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
“Mil Lenguas Propias VII” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret”, 2024
José Vera Matos
“Mil Lenguas Propias VII” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret”, 2024, 2024
65 x 50cm
“Mil Lenguas Propias VIII” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret
José Vera Matos
“Mil Lenguas Propias VIII” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret, 2024
50 x 52cm
An Indeterminate Horizon III
José Vera Matos
An Indeterminate Horizon III, 2024
65 x 50cm
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” (2020)
José Vera Matos
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” (2020), 2020
65 x 50cm
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” (2020)
José Vera Matos
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” (2020), 2020
65 x 50cm
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” ()
José Vera Matos
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” (), 2019
42 x 30cm
Hand transcription of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s book “A thousand Plateaus
José Vera Matos
Hand transcription of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s book “A thousand Plateaus, 2022
65 x 50cm
Un 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
José Vera Matos
Un 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, 2023
125 x 100cm
Handwritten 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
José Vera Matos
Handwritten 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, 2024
65 x 100cm
Handwritten 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.
José Vera Matos
Handwritten 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., 2024
65 x 50cm
Handwritten 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.
José Vera Matos
Handwritten 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., 2024
65 x 50cm
Handwritten 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.
José Vera Matos
Handwritten 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., 2024
65 x 50cm
Handwritten 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
José Vera Matos
Handwritten 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, 2023
125 x 100cm
YOU WILL ONLY UNDERSTAND THE WORLD WHEN YOU GET LOST AND TREMBLE WITH IT
José Vera Matos
YOU WILL ONLY UNDERSTAND THE WORLD WHEN YOU GET LOST AND TREMBLE WITH IT, 2024
65 x 50cm
Handwritten transcription of the text “Independencia y Revolución” compiled by Alberto Flores Galindo”
José Vera Matos
Handwritten transcription of the text “Independencia y Revolución” compiled by Alberto Flores Galindo”, 2023
65 x 48cm
VARIABLE GEOMTRICS OF LANGUAGE
José Vera Matos
VARIABLE GEOMTRICS OF LANGUAGE, 2024
50 x 50cm
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation
José Vera Matos
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation, 2020
65 x 50cm
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation
José Vera Matos
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation, 2020
65 x 50cm
Mil Lenguas Propias IV” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret
José Vera Matos
Mil Lenguas Propias IV” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret, 2024
100 x 70cm
Mil Lenguas Propias V” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret
José Vera Matos
Mil Lenguas Propias V” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret, 2024
100 x 70cm
Mil Lenguas Propias VI” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret
José Vera Matos
Mil Lenguas Propias VI” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret, 2024
100 x 70cm
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” ()
José Vera Matos
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation” (), 2023
65 x 50cm
80m2 Livia Benavides
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. ...

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