Jose Dávila

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-7757-4465-2
Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 263 mm x 302 mm, Gewicht: 2056 g

Reihe: Zeitgenössische Kunst

In a practice spanning nearly two decades, Jose Dávila has created an expressive body of work that explores the visual tropes and iconic symbols of art, architecture, and urban design. Initially trained as an architect and self-educated as a visual artist, Dávila creates sculptures, installations and photographic works that simultaneously emulate, critique, and pay homage to 20th-century avantgarde art and architecture, referencing artists and architects from Luis Barragán to Josef Albers and Donald Judd. Humor and melancholy co-mingle in works that often explore the tension between industrial and organic materials and the forces of compression and balance.
This monograph assesses the full scope of Dávila’s practice in all media for the first time, and includes texts attesting to the historical and social dimensions of Dávila’s art. Essays address the artist’s early pieces, his exercises on balance, sculpture, graphics and paintings, and his works in public space.

JOSE DÁVILA (*1974, Guadalajara) studied architecture in the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente in Guadalajara. His carefully constructed artworks are meditations on balance and the relationship between different combined elements. Dávila lives and works in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alonzo, Pedro

Edgerton, Louisa

Josenhans, Frauke V.

Martin, Patricia

Moro, Humberto

Raskin, David

Schaschl, Sabine

Grove, Jeffrey

Sean Kelly Gallery, New York

Grove, Jeffrey D.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Alonzo, Pedro

Elderton, Louisa

Josenhans, Frauke V.

Martin, Patricia

Moro, Humberto

Raskin, David

Schaschl, Sabine

Stein, Karen

Fuchs, Rutger

Dávila, Jose

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Malerei: Gemälde
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Bildhauerei, Plastik, Denkmäler
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Installations-, Aktions-, Computer- und Videokunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Einzelne Künstler: Biographien, Monografien
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Über Autor(innen)

Dávila, Jose
JOSE DÁVILA (*1974, Guadalajara Mexiko) studierte zunächst Architektur. Seine sorgfältig konstruierten Kunstwerke stellen Überlegungen zu Gleichgewicht und Beziehung zwischen verschiedenen, miteinander verbundenen Elementen an. Dávila lebt und arbeitet in Guadalajara.