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Jorge Marín
Was born in Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, Mexican sculptor and painter. He has been an active figure in the contemporary art world for the last 25 years. He began to sculpt ceramic in the early 1980s. Bronze has been his preferred material for the last ten years.His work often depicts horses, centaurs, garudas, children, madonnas, acrobats, alongwith elements such as spheres, masks, arrows, boats and scales. These concepts are consistent with recurring themes such as reflection and balance.
Biography
The youngest of a family of ten brothers and sisters (which includes Javier Marin, colleague and brother), Jorge Marin inherited his passion for the fine arts from his father, a well-knownarchitect.He left Uruapan, Michoacan to live in Mexico City, when he was seven years old. Marin recalls his early years in the townof Uruapanas something like living in “Macondo” the mystical town in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude
Academic Background
- 1980 Graphic Design, ENAP-UNAM, Mexico City.
- 1982 Fine ArtsRestoration, Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía “Manuel Castillo Negrete” INAH-SEP, Mexico City.
Art Work
His work focuses mainly on the human figure as a metaphor of its own experiences. His style has a strong foundation in the integration of baroque dramatic artwith a powerful sensuality and a subtle sense of the perverse. Uncomplicated and easy to read, hiswork is accessible to wide audiences.
Jorge Marin´s work in sculpture is a compendium of the vital impulses of the human being and his body, which Marin interprets as the landscape of man’s own existence.[1]
Interesting Facts
- In 2006, Jorge Marin’s sculptures served as the inspiration for a dance and acrobatics production munDOSmarinOS,performed by the contemporary dance company Humanicorp
- Since September 7, 2010, one of the most representative exhibition of the work of this sculptor, is located in Paseo de la Reforma, on the ridge opposite the Museum of Anthropology, entitled "The Wings of the City. " Consists of 13 monumental works in bronze. This collection of sculptures, are exhibited for the first time in a public forum.
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