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 “Europa-Edition” and managed by the prestigious Vienna-based publisher Portfolio Kunst A.G. 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.
Gvarro high-quality acid-free cotton paper support, with its characteristic watermark.
Exclusive edition of 60 copies.
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist 42/60.
Large format.
Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

Specifications:

Support dimensions: 100 x 70 cm
Print area dimensions: 50 x 35.5 cm
Edition: 42/60
Year: 1998
Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, therefore it is offered in perfect condition).
Provenance: Private Collection.

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

The shipment will also include transit 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 drawings and figurative paintings, although in the mid-1980s he began to experiment with abstractions. Inspired by music and literature, his works often combine organic and geometric forms in layers of vibrant color.
At the beginning of the 1990s he moved to New York, where his style evolved toward a more fluid and gestural abstraction, through the use of loose brushstrokes and dynamic compositions.
In 1997 he started the series titled Soñé que revelabas, which has given rise to a good number of large-format vertical works in which Uslé, like many other artists throughout history, launches a variation on the same theme in which he plays very deftly with color combinations. As the artist explains himself: “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 at times images 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 connection 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, staying true to his unique vision, but always in constant evolution.

Among the numerous awards and recognitions he has received, he stands out for having been awarded the National Prize of Plastic Arts of Spain in 2014.