This exhibition marks a forty-year dedication to the prolific career of Spanish painter Juan Uslé, highlighted by the accompanying comprehensive publication. The book delves into Uslé's abstract painting through more than a hundred reproductions and insightful essays. These critical perspectives explore recurring themes like memory, the motif of water, and cinematic influences evident across his artistic trajectory.
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This publication accompanies the exhibition 'Juan Uslé. Ese barco en la montaña,' dedicated to the forty-year career of Spanish painter Juan Uslé. It features over a hundred reproductions of his works and includes essays by curators and critics exploring themes such as memory, water, and the influence of cinema on his abstract painting.
The publication 'Juan Uslé. Ese barco en la montaña' serves as a comprehensive monograph for the exhibition of the same name, presented by the Museo Reina Sofía. This exhibition celebrates the four-decade artistic trajectory of Juan Uslé, an internationally recognized Spanish painter. The book showcases more than a hundred reproduced works, offering the most complete overview of the artist's oeuvre to date. It includes a series of essays that delve into the complexity of Uslé's work. Ángel Calvo Ulloa, the exhibition's curator, provides a new interpretation of the artist's oeuvre, drawing connections to his personal history, such as the 1960 shipwreck of the vessel Elorrio (a childhood memory), his move to New York in the 1980s, and the recurring motif of water that pervades his paintings, bridging dream and memory. Filmmaker and theorist Érik Bullot analyzes the influence of cinematic technical devices—like celluloid, light projection, and visual fluidity—on Uslé's painting. Philosopher Andrea Soto Calderón offers a fresh perspective on pictorial abstraction by examining Uslé's works through the lens of sensory experience, positioning his paintings as a counterpoint to the visual saturation of the contemporary world. The catalogue concludes with a selection from an unpublished conversation between Uslé and critic and poet Kevin Power, held between 2000 and 2003.
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