Ventana del circo
Juan Urbina · Venezuela, 1955 · 2008
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- Medium
- Mixed media on MDF
- Dimensions
- 80 × 100 cm (31 × 39 in)
- Edition
- Unique piece, signed
- Frame
- Mounted in a wooden grid of six compartments
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The story
The work is mounted in a wooden window of six openings — two rows of three — with the worn red and ochre paint of the frame itself left in view. Each opening holds a different scene, and the title of the piece names precisely that device: the circus is seen through a window.
Above: a figure in a striped cap beside a white horse; a barefoot couple standing; and a body flying over two women seated at a table with a bottle and some fruit. Below: three nudes with their arms raised; a group with a blonde woman in white and a child in front; and a family of performers, with a boy in a diamond-patterned cone hat, a man in a spotted costume, a small child and a woman in white.
The range is of browns, ochres and muted whites, and the surface is worked in relief: lumps and scratches are visible on each panel. «Ventana del circo» is dated 2008, measures 80 × 100 cm and is signed at the lower right.
Why this work?
«Ventana del circo» (2008), by Juan Urbina, is a mixed media on MDF measuring 80 × 100 cm, mounted in a wooden window of six openings: in each, a scene of circus figures in browns, ochres and muted whites — a white horse, a barefoot couple, a flying body, three nudes, a crowd and a family of performers. A unique, signed work, selected by Pablo Vaca for EL ART DEALER because the window turns six scenes into a single story.
In your space
Its horizontal format and warm range call for a wide wall with tempered light: above a sideboard, in a dining room, or in a library of dark woods.
Catalog details
| Work | Ventana del circo |
| Artist | Juan Urbina — Venezuela, 1955 |
| Year | 2008 |
| Medium | Mixed media on MDF |
| Dimensions | 80 × 100 cm (31 × 39 in) |
| Edition | Unique piece, signed |
| Condition | Good condition |
| Frame | Mounted in a wooden grid of six compartments |
| Certificate | Signed certificate of authenticity, included |
| Price | Price on request · Available |
About the artist
Juan Urbina
Venezuela, 1955 · Geometric abstraction and work on cardboard
Juan Urbina (Caracas, Venezuela, 1955) studied painting and drawing at the Escuela Cristóbal Rojas. His work moved from a figurative circus imagery to a geometric abstraction built out of lines: he incises and scatters marks across corrugated cardboard so that raking light produces different tones within a single flat color. Several of his works carry «líneas dispersas» in their titles.
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