Jose Garcia Y Mas
pittore
José García y Más was born in 1945 to Catalan-Andalusian parents in Santa Cruz de la Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. When he was 18 years old, he boarded a Norwegian petroleum tanker, which took him around the African continent. He attended art school, the Escuela de Bellas Artes, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In 1970 he left Spain, which was still under the unpopular Franco regime, for Germany’s young democracy and eventually moved to Berlin, where he took a degree in engineering. Since 1980, he has pursued an independent career as an artist, studying at various times in Sweden, England, Italy, and Spain. He and his wife now live and work on the island of Usedom in the Baltic Sea.
Formazione
José García y Más studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife before moving to Germany in 1970 where he took a degree in Engineering in Berlin. Since 1980, he has pursued an independent career as an artist, studying at various times in Sweden, England, Italy, and Spain. He and his wife now live and work on the island of Usedom in the Baltic Sea.
Tematiche
The emphasis of his critical-realistic artwork is on global policy, society, environments,
cultural & literary themes. However, García y Más is not a political painter in any narrow sense, his paintings focus on the problematic social issues of the day: the point is made by means of alienation, irony & wit, often in a macabre manner.
Tecniche
The scenario of his canvases is determined by an intensive & radiant use of colour, restricted to few essential figures, with a poster-like intensity. Running parallel there are pen-and-ink & watercolour drawings whose subject matter is closely related to the oil-paintings on canvas.
Quotazione
Exhibitions:
Berlin, Copenhagen (Denmark), Graz (Austria), Anklam, Greifswald & Rostock, Munich,
Rozelle/Ayr (Scotland, UK), Swinoujscie (Poland), Island of Usedom (Baltic Sea).
Public Collections:
DIN Deutsches Institut fuer Normung eV (German Institute for Standardization), Berlin
Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum), Berlin
Museum of the MacLaurin Trust, Rozelle/Ayr (Scotland, UK)
Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (House of the History of the
Federal Republic of Germany), Bonn
Town Hall of Wolgast
Cooper Hall, Selwood Manor, Frome/Somerset (England)
Bibliografia
Political Painting (Oil on Canvas, 1981-2009). Bansin: Atelier-Galerie2010. 188 S. 160 Abb. ISBN 978-3-00-029450-1 ©JoséGarcía y Más & VG Bild-Kunst
Contemporary Realist Paintings (Oil on canvas,1970-2013). Bansin:Atelier-Galerie 2013.112 S. 89 Abb. ISBN978-3-00-042579-0 ©José García y Más & VG Bild-Kunst
In the Light ofRecent European Events - Political Paintings (Oil on Canvas, 1995-2016). Bansin:Atelier-Galerie 2016. 53 S., 36 Abb. ISBN 978-3-00-054556-6 ©José García y Más & VG Bild-Kunst
Look Back in Anger - Political Paintings (Oilon Canvas, 2015-2022). Bansin:Atelier-Galerie 2022. 65 S., 48 Abb. ISBN 978-3-00-073294-2 ©José García y Más& VG Bild-Kunst