First monograph on the Argentine abstract painter's work.
The publication brings together Joaquin Boz's prolific production of oils on various supports between 2011 and 2022. It charts the different processes and moments in the artist's output on a line between figuration and abstraction, as well as the small-scale and super-large formats he has successfully embraced during this period. This selection of works reveals the artist's pictorial concerns and vocabulary, the diversity of supports and techniques used in the production processes, and the recent shift in his color palette. The reproductions of his works are accompanied by three texts: from the curator Sofía Dourron, the author Pablo Katchadjian, and the artist and engineer Adrián Unger.
Joaquín Boz (born 1987 in Buenos Aires) creates earthy-colored abstract paintings that rely on his physical energy, careful scrutiny and patient refinement. He spreads, scrapes, and pushes oil paints across wood panels with his hands, creating various textures and gestures that leave behind a record of his physical presence. He uses an array of undulating loops, staccato scratches, and calligraphic marks to flirt with identifiable forms without allowing them to coalesce into recognizable images. When he is not applying paint, he is wiping it away. He is equally comfortable making works as large as 10 x 30 feet and others as small as 11 x 13 inches. Regardless of size, the paintings are composed of anti-heroic gestures that celebrate the potential of touch and the humble, earthbound nature of material things.
