This monumental sculpture represents a rider who is part man, part god, hunched over his lance, peering into the distance in the manner of the Spanish conquistadors on landing in South America. His mount, majestic and serene, is his earthly seat, suspending the figure in time for eternity. Horsemen ...
This monumental sculpture represents a rider who is part man, part god, hunched over his lance, peering into the distance in the manner of the Spanish conquistadors on landing in South America. His mount, majestic and serene, is his earthly seat, suspending the figure in time for eternity. Horsemen are a recurring theme in the artist’s work, often depicted in groups of three conquerors or balanced, as if the man were seeking to tame the animal. The artist does not use models. Instead, his works emerge directly from his imagination.
Javier Marín is a sculptor born in 1962 in Uruapan, Mexico. He is known for his precise and expressive representations of human faces and figures. He is a graduate of the National School of Arts, part of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He first began working with clay, before using bronze and resin. He experimented with new techniques, incorporating bronze and resin into a mixture of less academic materials such as grains, dried meat, and tobacco. His work, described as neo-expressionist, thrums with humanity and emotional intensity. A world-famous artist, Marin continues to create constantly. His sculptures are exhibited in prestigious museums and galleries from Mexico to Tokyo, New York to Los Angeles, Paris, Venice, and Barcelona. He also presented pieces at the Universal Exhibition in Shanghai in 2010. A painter and drawing artist in addition to a sculptor, Javier Marín lives and works in Mexico.
