Juan Muñoz
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Juan Muñoz (born Madrid, 16 June 1953, died Ibiza, 28 August 2001) was a Spanish artist.
He is known internationally for his enigmatic sculptural installations, often populated by strangely haunting, almost-human figures. Juan Muñoz came to prominence in the mid-1980s with his gallery installations, in which a single figure or architectural element was isolated spatially through perspectival techniques. Often the figure was a clown or dwarf, and the effect was one of alienation. Juan Muñoz is renowned for sculptural works in which he situates the human figure within elaborate or complex architectural settings. These are created using elements such as patterned floors, staircases and balconies. Then, by a highly considered placement of the figures, Muñoz entices the viewer into an engagement with the implied dramas unravelling within. His Conversation Piece public art project was installed in 1999 and can be seen on the North Sea coast at South Shields.
He died in Ibiza of a heart attack aged 48.
[edit] Bibliography
- Berger J. & Wagstaff S., Juan Muñoz: A Retrospective, Tate Publishing, 2008
[edit] External links
- Paul Schimmel, Juan Muñoz Interview, Chicago University Press, 18 September 2000
- Adrian Searle, Juan Muñoz (obituary), The Guardian, 30 August 2001
- James Hall, The bronze sorcerer, The Guardian, 12 January 2008
- Adrian Searle, Shadows and silence, Spanish artist Juan Muñoz, The Guardian, 22 January 2008
- Juan Muñoz, a Retrospective, Tate Modern (exhibition), 24 January – 27 April 2008
- James Lingwood on Juan Muñoz January 2008
