José Miguel Rojas
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- Year
- 2000
- Technique
- Screen Print
- Dimensions
- 56 × 43 cm
- Status
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- Palette
- carmine red, charcoal black, grayish ochre, light sage green, pale pink, periwinkle blue
- Brushwork
- Uniform planes of screen-printed color combined with linear halftones and photomechanical interference sweeps.
Curatorial analysis
Curatorial analysis
Two bodies share the same support yet inhabit opposing visual regimes. A vertical line divides the plane with mathematical severity: on the left, the male effigy emerges from an ochre neutrality, captured under the guise of analog interference or degraded photography; on the right, the female figure erupts with the chromatic force of a scarlet red block and electric accents that intensify her presence.
The technical handling of each half modulates distinct psychological temporalities. On the left side, the man's face appears to dissolve beneath horizontal sweeps, a distortion that erodes the sharpness of his features and turns his sober posture (dark suit, tie, clasped hands) into a document losing signal. The contrast between opaque black ink and the earthy ground accentuates this spectral condition, where identity retreats into a distant memory or an archive worn down by repetition.
In contrast, the woman sustains a frontal gaze with defiant composure. Her crossed arms set up a defensive barrier, yet the impact of the crimson sweater and the bluish highlights in her hair generate immediate visual vibration. The palette here rejects shadow: synthetic pale pink skin and carmine lips build an iconography close to contemporary mass media graphics, clean and direct, devoid of the interference consuming her counterpart.
This forced coexistence between fading and visual assertion infuses the print's title with irony or melancholy. What remains hidden does not necessarily dwell in the gloom of the dissolving man, but also in the polished shield of the woman who displays herself without granting access. The dialogue remains suspended between both panels, locked in the irreconcilable friction of two worlds that touch without ever truly looking at one another.
More works by José Miguel Rojas
21 works
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- Marilyn Monroe IIIJosé Miguel Rojas · 2019
- Marilyn Monroe IIJosé Miguel Rojas · 2017
- Marilyn Monroe IVJosé Miguel Rojas · 2011
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- Maria FelixInquire about availabilityJosé Miguel Rojas · 2015
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