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Manuel Aja Espil




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Series


   
Worlds of Exile, 2023
Postpandemia, 2022
Las Meninas, 2019-2022
¡Pandemia!, 2020 - 21
Fata Morgana, 2019
Joseph Andreas, 2018
Anton Regularis, 2017
Level Up, 2016


Solo Exhibitions


    Worlds of Exile, 2023 
Los Viajes, 2020
Joseph Andreas, 2018
Anton Regularis, 2017


Group Exhibitions


Mujer, Memoria y Malvinas, 2023
Arte en Juego, 2022
Terapia, 2021
Después de Babel.
Traducciones Rioplatenses, 2021 


Publications


    Arte en Juego, 2022
Terapia, 2021


Texts

 
Manuel Aja Espil: Eleven Paths to Planetary Exiles by Gabriela Rangel, 2023
Pequeños destinos trágicos by Rodrigo Alonso, 2023
Cuadrxs by Max Gomez Canle, 2020
El Salón Nacional del Futuro Anterior, o las Selfies de la Princesa Leia por Javier Pelacoff, 2017
Rembrandt y la Pintura by Manuel Aja Espil, 2018


Video


In conversation with Karen Grimson, 2023
Manifestación en Foco, 2022
Hable Con Ella, 2020


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Worlds of Exile


   

Post-pandemic & Worlds of Exile are two series of paintings closely linked, conceived between Buenos Aires, New York, Barcelona and Madrid (end 2022 and beginning of 2023). Worlds of Exile was the second chapter of this larger group, painted mainly in Barcelona while migrating to Spain. Its title comes from an edition of Ursula Le Guin’s first three novels called “Worlds of Exile and Illusion”.
Exhibited at Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary, New York +




Invasion of Wilkes Land (2023), oil on linen, 144 cm x 184 cm.Invasion of Wilkes Land (2023), oil on linen, 144 cm x 184 cm.






World of Exile (2023), oil on linen, 143 cm x 104 cm.
 World of Exile (2023), oil on linen, 143 cm x 104 cm.



Contemplation (2023), oil on linen, 116 cm x 83 cm.
Contemplation (2023), oil on linen, 116 cm x 83 cm.


Inspiration (2023), oil on linen, 116 cm x 83 cm. The Break (2023), oil on linen, 116 cm x 83 cm.




Force Majeure (2023), oil on linen, 104 cm x 143 cm. Force Majeure (2023), oil on linen, 104 cm x 143 cm.



Patagonia (2023), oil on linen, 116 cm x 83 cm.
Patagonia (2023), oil on linen, 116 cm x 83 cm.



Earth (2023), oil on linen, 29 cm x 29 cm. Moon (2023), oil on linen, 60 cm x 61 cm.



Maja Reading (2023), oil on linen, 104 cm x 143 cm. Maja Reading (2023), oil on linen, 104 cm x 143 cm.






Postpandemia


   

Postpandemia (Post-pandemic) and Worlds of Exile is two series of paintings closely linked conceived between Buenos Aires, New York, Barcelona and Madrid (end 2022 and beginning of 2023). Postpandemia was the first group of paintings conceived at the juncture before migrating to Spain. The series was painted between Buenos Aires and New York, while at ISCP residency.

Exhibited at the ISCP Fall Open Studios 2022 +




The Artist (2022), oil on linen, 163,5 cm x 158,5 cm.
The Artist (2022), oil on linen, 163,5 cm x 158,5 cm.






Migraciones | Migrations (2022), oil on linen, 67 cm x 93 cm. Migraciones | Migrations (2022), oil on linen, 67 cm x 93 cm.


La Pampa (2022), oil on linen, 67 cm x 93 cm La Pampa (2022), oil on linen, 67 cm x 93 cm



Las Guerras del Agua | Water Wars (2022), oil on linen, 58 cm x 73 cm. Las Guerras del Agua | Water Wars (2022), oil on linen, 58 cm x 73 cm.



Landscape FedEx (2022), oil on linen, 60 cm x 72 cm. Azymetrikah (2023), oil on linen, 30 cm x 27 cm. Joseph Andreas (2022), oil on linen, 35 cm x 38 cm. Personaje (2022), oil on linen, 36 cm x 36 cm.




Game (2022), oil on canvas, 104 cm x 70 cm.
Game (2022), oil on canvas, 104 cm x 70 cm.




Las Meninas


A group of paintings that began in 2019 where I recreate Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez

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Azymetrikah y el Nuevo Orden Mundial | Azymetrikah & The New World Order (2022), oil on linen, 191 cm x 166 cm Azymetrikah y el Nuevo Orden Mundial | Azymetrikah & The New World Order (2022), oil on linen, 191 cm x 166 cm





Las Meninas (de Fata Morgana) [2019], oil on canvas, 68 cm x 49 cm. Después de D. Velazquez Las Meninas II (de Fata Morgana) [2020], oil on linen, 66 cm x 53 cm. Después de D. Velazquez







¡Pandemia!

¡Panemia! (Pandemic!) was a series of paintings created in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, between 2020 and 2022, in Buenos Aires.
Exhibited works were part of four different group shows in Buenos Aires +





¡Pandemia! | Pandemic! (2020-1), oil on linen, 197 cm x 290 cm ¡Pandemia! | Pandemic! (2020-1), oil on linen, 197 cm x 290 cm


Exhibition Marzo: Mujer, Memoria y Malvinas at FNA +
Exhibition Arte en Juego at PROA +
Exhibition Terapia at MALBA +
Read texts by the artist about this series +
Lea textos del artista sobre esta serie +





¡Pandemia! (¡Batman es un Científico!) | Pandemic! (Batman's a Scientist!) [2021], oil on canvas, 84 cm x 66 cm. ¡Pandemia! (¡Batman es un Científico!) | Pandemic! (Batman's a Scientist!) [2021], oil on canvas, 84 cm x 66 cm.





Los Cuatro Samurai | The Four Samurai (2022), oil on canvas, 55 cm x 85 cm Soldado de Rosa (2021), oil on canvas, 68 cm x 54 cm.




Sansón y Dalila (2021), oil on canvas, 58 cm x 73 cm. Números Imaginarios | Imaginary Numbers (2021), oil on linen, 70 cm x 55 cm.




Corro, el Baquiano (2021), oil on linen, 72 cm x 60 cm Corro, el Baquiano (2021), oil on linen, 72 cm x 60 cm




Dos Hermanos (2021), oil on canvas, 68 cm x 46 cm Eda Genzo Hirotsune (2021), oil on linen, 46 cm x 68 cm Traslasierra (2021), oil on linen, 24 cm x 24 cm Binance (2021), oil on canvas, 44 cm x 30 cm




Patagonia (2021), oil on canvas, 61 cm x 68 cm Patagonia (2021), oil on canvas, 61 cm x 68 cm





Malvinas (2020), oil on linen, 25 cm x 38,5 cm La Tierra (Vista de la Luna) | Earth (as Seen From The Moon) [2020], oil on linen, 27 cm x 29 cm Península Valdez (2020), oil on linen, 22 cm x 34 cm La Luna [II] | The Moon [II] (2020), oil on linen, 24 cm x 24 cm La Luna | The Moon (2020), oil on canvas, 24 cm x 24 cm





Esperando el Bondi (2020), oil on canvas, 138 cm x 135 cm.


Tokio (Y La Teoría de Universos Paralelos) [2020], óleo sobre tela, 134 cm x 201 cm. | Tokyo (And The Theory of Parallel Universes) [2020], oil on canvas, 134 cm x 201 cm.




Fata Morgana


Fata Morgana was created in 2019 while studying painting materials and the first image generative algorythms came to my attention (e.g., The Next Rembrandt). The name fata morgana comes from the superior mirage in metereology named after the Arthurian character of Morgana, a fairy who deceived mortals creating illusions.





Jupiter el Queer (2019), oil on canvas framed, 180 cm x 160 cm Jupiter el Queer (2019), oil on canvas framed, 180 cm x 160 cm


Exhibition Los Viajes at Galería Grasa +
Jupiter The Queer at Premio Fortabat 2019 +
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture +





Fata Morgana (de Fata Morgana) [2019], oil on canvas, 38 cm x 54 cm Fata Morgana (de Fata Morgana) [2019], oil on canvas, 38 cm x 54 cm


Goodbye Gameboy II (2019), oil on linen, 70 cm x 97 cm. Goodbye Gameboy (2019), oil on canvas, 70 cm x 97 cm.




Historia Universal pt. II | Universal History pt II (2019), oil on canvas, 75 cm x 125 cm Historia Universal pt. II | Universal History pt II (2019), oil on canvas, 75 cm x 125 cm


Historia Universal pt. I | Universal History pt I (2019), oil on canvas, 75 cm x 125 cm Historia Universal pt. I | Universal History pt I (2019), oil on canvas, 75 cm x 125 cm


Historia Universal pt. III | Universal History pt III (2019), oil on canvas, 75 cm x 125 cm Historia Universal pt. III | Universal History pt III (2019), oil on canvas, 75 cm x 125 cm






Peregrinaje (de Fata Morgana) | Pilgrimage (of Fata Morgana) [2019], oil on canvas, 36 cm x 70 cm Fata Morgana (2019), oil on canvas, 24 cm x 24 cm




The Ambassador (2019), oil on linen, 180 cm x 110 cm
The Ambassador (2019), oil on linen, 180 cm x 110 cm




The Rapture (Of Fata Morgana) [2019], oil on canvas, 38 cm x 43,5 cm Savoy López en la Frontera con el Paraguay | Savoy López at the Paraguayan Frontier (2019), óleo sobre tela, 24 cm x 24 cm