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JOSé SACAL, A MEXICAN IN DIALOgUE WITH THE WORLD
Introductory essay by gregorio Luke* | The museum of Latin American Art (moLAA) Los Angeles
It is difficult to conceive one major Throughout his career sacal has been
artistic challenge that José sacal has been dedicated to redefining what you can do
exposed in his paraphrase. It is nothing in the sculpture, has made sculptures
less than sculptures inspired by works of themes little explored as feet, knees,
well known as The Cry munch, La Venus or hearts. Rebuilds and dissect torsos,
of Botticelli or picasso’s guernica. sacal experimenting with textures, makes
captures the essence of the original, and bodies that intertwine or lengthen and
his dialog with it, invites us to discover transformed into geometric shapes. he
it again. To meet a challenge like this, it made sculptures of real and imaginary
requires an expert eye, wise hands and animals, and portraits of historical figures,
recklessness with the masterpieces of which incorporates all sorts of objects. For
universal art. sacal all things are possible, the material
EsQUImAL | hUsKy, 2015 REsIn 8 Kg | 17,5 LBs, 13,5x7,5x7,5 In. | 35x20x20 Cm.
SACAL
