Phoenix Art Museum presents first mid-career survey of Colombian artist Oscar Muñoz in the United States
Co-organized by Phoenix Art Museum and the Blanton Museum of Art, Oscar Muñoz: Invisibilia features artworks spanning five decades that explore themes of time, memory, history, and knowledge, including early charcoal drawings and hybrid works created from the 1980s to the present day that combine photographic processes with drawing, printmaking, installation, video, sculpture, and interactive elements. The retrospective will premiere at Phoenix Art Museum from September 3, 2021 through January 16, 2022 before traveling to the Blanton Museum of Art in Spring 2022.
Oscar Muñoz, La mirada del cíclope (The Cyclop ́s Gaze), 2002-2009 [still]. Single-channel HD video without sound (Video monocanal HD, sin sonido), 3 min. 1 sec. Collection of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist.
Oscar Muñoz, La mirada del cíclope (The Cyclop ́s Gaze), 2002-2009 [still]. Single-channel HD video without sound (Video monocanal HD, sin sonido), 3 min. 1 sec. Collection of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist.
Oscar Muñoz, Doméstico (Domestic), 2013-2016. Eight carved marble picture frames on marble base (Ocho portarretratos de mármol tallados sobre base de mármol). Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami. Image courtesy of the artist and mor Charpentier, Paris.
Oscar Muñoz, Libro abierto (Open Book), 2019-2021 [detail]. 3 prints on polymer plate stamped on both sides of Arte Bambu & Zonzo 25g paper (3 grabados sobre plancha de polímero estampado sobre ambas caras del papel Arte Bambu & Zonzo 25g). Collection of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist.
Oscar Muñoz, Sin título, de la serie Interiores (Untitled, From the Interiors Series), 1977. Black chalk on paper (Tiza negra sobre papel). Collection of the Blanton Museum of Art. Image courtesy of the Blanton Museum of Art.
Oscar Muñoz, Cortinas de baño (Shower Curtains), 1985-86. Acrylic on plastic (Acrílico sobre plástico). Collection of the artist. Installation view, Oscar Muñoz, Protografías, Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia, 2011. Image courtesy of the artist.
Oscar Muñoz, 4×3, 2013-2017 [detail]. Photographic remains mounted on 640g Fabriano paper (Restos fotográficos montados sobre papel Fabriano 640g). Collection of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist.
Oscar Muñoz, Línea del destino (Line of Destiny), 2006 [still]. Single- channel video without sound (Video monocanal, sin sonido), 2 min. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Polly and Mark Addison, 2011.298.1-2. Image courtesy of the artist.
Oscar Muñoz, 3-3A, 2002. Magnifying glass and four contact negatives installed on wall (Lupa y 4 contactos negativos instalado sobre pared). Collection of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist.
