Juan Uslé (1954) - Notas sobre SQR

Lithography and screen printing by Juan Uslé (*).
Title: Notes on SQR
The series to which this work belongs was published under a very ambitious international project collectively titled “Europe-Edition” and managed by the prestigious Portfolio Kunst A.G. of Vienna at the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, with the aim of bringing together the great figures of abstraction on the continent.
Printed on thick acid-free cotton paper of high grammage
Signed and hand-justified by the artist. The commercial edition had a run of 40 copies. The one offered here is Artist’s Proof justified 4/10.
Large Format
Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

Specifications:

Support dimensions: 100 x 70 cm
Print dimensions: 50 x 35.5 cm
Year: 1998
Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, therefore offered in perfect condition).
Provenance: Private Collection.

The work will be carefully handled and packed in reinforced cardboard packaging. The shipment will be insured with a tracking number.

The shipment will also include transport insurance for the final value of the work with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer.

(*) From a young age, Uslé showed a great interest in art. He studied at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia, where he graduated in 1977. During his early years as an artist he worked mainly with figurative drawings and paintings, although in the mid-eighties he began to experiment with abstractions. Inspired by music and literature, his works often combine organic and geometric forms in layers of vibrant color.
In the early nineties he moved to New York, where his style would evolve toward a more fluid and gestural abstraction, through loose brushstrokes and dynamic compositions.
In 1997 he began the series titled Soñé que revelabas, which has spawned a good number of large-format vertical works in which Uslé, like many other artists throughout history, implements a variation on the same theme by playing very effectively with color combinations. As the artist explains: “Painting these paintings is like filling the world with silence, from the void, to also give meaning to at least one space, a space large enough and generous, chosen for that purpose. It is like an exercise in cleansing, in the search for the void, starting from a biological point of reference. Perhaps I proceed this way because our vision is too impure and images sometimes torment us. We are so overloaded with images that we breathe and live, more and more, within a kind of neuronal Times Square.”
Uslé maintains a strong bond with his homeland, to which he frequently returns to work in his studio in Saro, a small village in the Cantabrian mountains. Throughout his career he has continued to explore new techniques and forms of expression in his art, remaining faithful to his unique vision, but always in constant evolution.
Among the numerous awards and recognitions he has received, the National Prize for Plastic Arts of Spain awarded to him in 2014 stands out.