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ANDIPA C O N T E M P O R A R Y
ANDIPA C O N T E M P O R A R Y
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Muñoz grew up in the ‘greybelt’, surrounded by the meticulously planned but ugly concrete buildings,
housing estates of uniform design punctuated by convenient but soulless patches of greenery. He describes
this as an ‘over-simplified environment... much like the over-simplified places in picture books’.
For this body of work, Muñoz has returned to these slightly sinister parks, play areas and towpaths, areas
in the urban environment offering a glimpse of open space where the imagination is allowed to wander
briefly. A receptacle of collective consciousness, these spaces exist not only in reality but also hold
an important place in the realm of the imaginary.
Muñoz uses these settings for recreating and reinterpreting narratives. The sources of these narratives
are varied, as is our shared experience of the world. They may come from a newspaper clipping, from a
familiar story or be drawn from found photographs. By bringing together these diverse elements, Muñoz
examines our shared cultural history.
He portrays primal characters and spaces, which evoke the social narrative traditionally reflected in
religion or myth. His work frames the dialogue between the natural and supernatural, the real and the
imagined, and between the environment and the figures within it. The paintings find a place between reality
and fiction. Haunting and evocative, the works are compellingly ‘uncanny’ in their juxtaposition of the
familiar and unfamiliar. They tap into collective thoughts and shared concerns, and yet remain intensely
personal.
Muñoz creates a delicate balance between figurative and abstract elements, the comic and the grotesque,
adult perception and childhood memory, and between the personal and the collective. Throughout the process,
he allows the materials of paint and canvas to develop the imagery and ideas.
Muñoz creates a delicate balance between figurative and abstract
elements, the comic and the grotesque, adult perception and childhood
memory, and between the personal and the collective.
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Towpath, 2008
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right
Sunrise (Monument), 2008
Oil on board
Unique, Signed
34 x 48 cm (13.3 x 18.8 in)
Bluebirds, 2007
Oil in canvas
Unique, Signed
35 x 60 cm (13.7 x 23.6 in)
Hum, 2007
Oil on board
Unique, Signed
70 x 60 cm (23.6 x 13.7 in)
See-saw, 2009
Oil on board
Unique, Signed
23 x 30 cm (9 x 11.8 in)
Towpath, 2008
Oil on board
Unique, Signed
63 x 63 cm (24.8 x 24.8 in)
Dead Dog, 2008
Oil on canvas
Unique, Signed
22 x 36 cm (8.6 x 14.1 in)
Untitled, 2009
Oil on canvas
Unique, Signed
60 x 60 cm (23.6 x 23.6 in)
Las Gemelas, 2008
Oil on board
Unique, Signed
23 x 36 cm (9 x 14.2 in)
previous page
Pitch, 2008
Oil on canvas
Unique, Signed
42 x 60 cm (16.5 x 23.6 in)
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right
Torso, 2009
Oil on board
Unique, Signed
22 x 36 cm (8.6 x 14.7 in)
The Christening, 2004
Oil on canvas
Unique, Signed
41 x 41 cm (16.1 x 16.1 in)
Das Kind, 2010
Oil on canvas
Unique, Signed
160 x 110 cm (62.9 x 43 in)
Selected Exhibitions
2011 159th Autumn Exhibition, Royal West Academy, Bristol
2010 158th Autumn Exhibition, Royal West Academy, Bristol
2008 156th Autumn Exhibition, Royal West Academy, Bristol
2008 ‘BITE’, Centrespace, Bristol
2008 ‘Lost and Found’ Plymouth College of Art
2008 ‘Violare’, Red Propeller Gallery, Devon (solo)
2007 ‘Homecoming’, Southbank Arts, Bristol
2006 ‘Hide and Seek’, Mivart Studios, Bristol
2006 Encore at Royal West Academy, Bristol
2005 Open Exhibition, South West Academy, Phoenix and
Royal Albert Museum, Exeter
2002 Flying Colours Gallery, London
2002 ART2002, London
2001 20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
2000 Lane Gallery, Plymouth (solo)
Prizes/Awards
2008 Bristol Fine Art Painting Prize
2007 The Edwards Award
Publications
PROOF Magazine, April 2008
Andrew Muñoz
Andrew Muñoz (b. London, 1967) trained as a painter at the Plymouth
College of Art and Design and later at Falmouth College of Art.
Muñoz grew up in the ‘greybelt’, surrounded by the meticulously planned
but ugly concrete buildings, housing estates of uniform design punctuated
by convenient but soulless patches of greenery. He describes this as an
‘over-simplified environment... much like the over-simplified places in
picture books’. This now informs the backdrop to many of his works.
He is deeply influenced by the work of Goya, Bruegel and Hieronymus Bosch.
The artist lives and works in Bristol and San Sebastian, Spain.
‘Childhood experiences are always diluted/polluted by adult memory and I can only glimpse at my perception of the world as a child’
Andrew Muñoz, 2008
Price List
Sunrise (Monument) ..................... £3,850
Bluebirds .............................. £3,850
Hum .................................... £4,850
See-saw ................................ £3,400
Towpath ................................ £4,850
Dead Dog ............................... £3,400
Untitled ............................... £4,850
Las Gemelas ............................ £3,400
Pitch .................................. £3,850
Torso .................................. £3,400
The Christening ........................ £3,850
Das Kind ............................... £8,500
All prices are subject to VAT where applicable. March 2012
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