Guevara - Forest in Flames

José Guevara's works display a marked expressionist vocation, which emphasizes the expression of emotions. Expressionist art seeks to proclaim its moods to the world and flaunt them with passion. Formally, this translates into a summary rendering of figures, through a highly nervous and animated line, as well as the use of a violent color palette. These characteristics are found in the historical avant-garde movements of expressionism, such as Fauvism and the Die Brücke movement in Germany. José Guevara's expressionism is evident in the vibrant colors of his canvases and the fluid forms his subjects acquire through his unique combustion oil technique. His subjects typically include burning forests or portraits of women juxtaposed with still lifes.

The work is an example of the most mature and accomplished production of the Spanish artist José Guevara. In his artistic language, he remains faithful to figuration, but sensitive data is distorted in a decidedly expressionistic manner. José Guevara's expressionism stems from extensive experimentation with techniques and materials, which led him to discover the process of burning pigments. This fits perfectly with highly contemporary artistic trends, such as experimentation with new materials and a strong gestural component in the execution of the work (represented, precisely, by the burning of color). From a strictly formal and compositional perspective, this technical experimentation leads to an extreme synthesis of the figure. The subjects are transformed into spots that move against extremely brightly colored backgrounds. Life clearly originates from the force and energy of heat, of fire. José Guevara's use of the cracks left by combustion to compose the painting is also highly expressive.

José Guevara was a Spanish painter, born in Puebla de Guzmar in 1928 and died in Huelva in 2010. Having trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Huelva, he began his career with figurative works in the oppressive climate of Franco's Spain. Having emigrated to South America for political reasons, he was exposed to the avant-garde painting of the "Arte Nuova" and "Non Figurativo" groups and, in 1953, discovered the technique of pigment combustion. From 1958, he began exhibiting his works around the world: France, the United States, Australia, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Germany, Holland, England, Luxembourg, Panama, Iceland, Italy, and Japan. In 1962, he participated in the XXVI Venice Biennale, as well as in the Biennales of Paris, São Paulo, and Alexandria, and in various annual intercontinental exhibitions. In the late 1970s, José Guevara moved to Italy, where he was nicknamed “Rosso Guevarino” (Guevarino Red) for the predominant color in his paintings.

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