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Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Argentinian, b. 1943
Miguel Angel Ríos studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires before moving to New York in the 1970s to escape the military dictatorship in Argentina. He subsequently relocated to Mexico and now divides his time between the USA and Mexico. In his work, Ríos pairs a rigorous conceptual approach with a meticulously constructed and often handmade aesthetic. Since the 1970s, he has made work about the concept of the "Latin American," using this idea as both an artistic strategy and a political problem. In the 1990s, he began creating a series of maps, which he carefully folded and pleated by hand. Marking the 500th anniversary of the "discovery" of the Americas, the maps indicate long histories of power and colonial experience, and they reference traditional Indigenous arts in the Americas, including the Andean quipu. Since the early 2000s, Ríos has also delved into the medium of video to create symbolic narratives about human experience, violence, and mortality. For example, his videos of spinning tops--trompos--use the childhood game of tops as a backdrop for a meditation on the transience of life and the mechanics of power. In his 2012 Untitled video from The Ghost of Modernity, Ríos references high Modernism--with direct nods to John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, and Donald Judd--in the midst of the Mexican desert. "Is this ghostly geometric figure a lens through which the world can be reinterpreted?" the artist asks. "Or is it the paradigmatic principle of modernist thought that organizes the world around it? Are we inside or outside the cube? " Ríos’s works have been shown in a number of important solo exhibitions, including Landlocked, Arizona State University Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (2015); Miguel Angel Ríos: Walkabout, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, USA and Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (MACG), Mexico City, Mexico (with exhibition catalogue) (2012); Miguel Angel Ríos, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand (2010); Manhattan Códice, John Weber Gallery, New York City, New York, USA and Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (MACG), Mexico City, Mexico (1999); Miguel Angel Ríos: Neither Colour, nor height, MUCEM, Marseille, France (2017);Miguel Angel Ríos, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Argentina (2009); On The Edge, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), California, USA (2009); Miguel Angel Ríos: On the Edge, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Texas, USA (2019); A Morir, Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, USA (2007); and No Way Out, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden (2019).
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Artist: Miguel Angel Ríos
Untitled Cactus, Contemporary Oil on Canvas, 27 x 36, Unsigned
Untitled Cactus, Contemporary Oil on Canvas, 27 x 36, Unsigned

Untitled Cactus, Contemporary Oil on Canvas, 27 x 36, Unsigned

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the late nineties, and after traveling to regions as diverse as the Amazon basin and the Chihuahua desert, Ríos began to develop a body of work through which he addressed the mean...

Category

1990s Contemporary Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

El Cielo de Mexico No Se Puede Medir #2, Signed Acrylic Painting
El Cielo de Mexico No Se Puede Medir #2, Signed Acrylic Painting

El Cielo de Mexico No Se Puede Medir #2, Signed Acrylic Painting

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the late nineties, and after traveling to regions as diverse as the Amazon basin and the Chihuahua desert, Ríos began to develop a body of work through which he addressed the mean...

Category

1990s Contemporary Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Trichocereus Still-Life, Signed Oil on Canvas, 65.5 x 70.5
Trichocereus Still-Life, Signed Oil on Canvas, 65.5 x 70.5

Trichocereus Still-Life, Signed Oil on Canvas, 65.5 x 70.5

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the late nineties, and after traveling to regions as diverse as the Amazon basin and the Chihuahua desert, Ríos began to develop a body of work through which he addressed the mean...

Category

1990s Contemporary Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Agave & Trichocereus Acrylic & Oil Painting, Signed, 99 x 134 in
Agave & Trichocereus Acrylic & Oil Painting, Signed, 99 x 134 in

Agave & Trichocereus Acrylic & Oil Painting, Signed, 99 x 134 in

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the late nineties, and after traveling to regions as diverse as the Amazon basin and the Chihuahua desert, Ríos began to develop a body of work through which he addressed the mean...

Category

1990s Contemporary Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Contemporary Still-Life Polyptych, Signed, 169.5 x 173 in, Mixed Media
Contemporary Still-Life Polyptych, Signed, 169.5 x 173 in, Mixed Media

Contemporary Still-Life Polyptych, Signed, 169.5 x 173 in, Mixed Media

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the late nineties, and after traveling to regions as diverse as the Amazon basin and the Chihuahua desert, Ríos began to develop a body of work through which he addressed the mean...

Category

1990s Contemporary Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Medellin, Contemporary Ink on Pleated Paper, Unique, Signed Artwork
Medellin, Contemporary Ink on Pleated Paper, Unique, Signed Artwork

Medellin, Contemporary Ink on Pleated Paper, Unique, Signed Artwork

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This body of work by Miguel Angel Ríos from the early 1990’s mark an important period in his career, and he has made a name for himself with his ‘Mapas’ which are in various importan...

Category

1990s Contemporary Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pins

Novvs Orbi Svd America Tap Perv Ana, Cibachrome Mixed Media, Signed
Novvs Orbi Svd America Tap Perv Ana, Cibachrome Mixed Media, Signed

Novvs Orbi Svd America Tap Perv Ana, Cibachrome Mixed Media, Signed

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The piece titled CARTA DE NOVVS ORBI SVD AMERICA TAP PERV ANA, is by Miguel Angel Ríos, belongs to Ríos' acclaimed "Mapas" series from the 1990s, a body of work that critically addre...

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1990s Contemporary Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Materials

Pins, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Terra Incognita, Contemporary Mixed Media on Canvas, Signed 76 x 122
Terra Incognita, Contemporary Mixed Media on Canvas, Signed 76 x 122

Terra Incognita, Contemporary Mixed Media on Canvas, Signed 76 x 122

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Signed lower front by the artist A Landmark Work of Conceptual Art: Terra Incognita (1995) by Miguel Ángel Ríos. a visually striking and intellectually potent work from the highly ...

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1990s Contemporary Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media

Sin Maiz No Hay Pais, Contemporary 60 x 122 Oil on Canvas, Signed
Sin Maiz No Hay Pais, Contemporary 60 x 122 Oil on Canvas, Signed

Sin Maiz No Hay Pais, Contemporary 60 x 122 Oil on Canvas, Signed

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the late nineties, and after traveling to regions as diverse as the Amazon basin and the Chihuahua desert, Ríos began to develop a body of work through which he addressed the mean...

Category

1990s Contemporary Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Agave Plant, Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas, 98.5 x 81 Inches
Agave Plant, Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas, 98.5 x 81 Inches

Agave Plant, Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas, 98.5 x 81 Inches

By Miguel Angel Ríos

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the late nineties, and after traveling to regions as diverse as the Amazon basin and the Chihuahua desert, Ríos began to develop a body of work through which he addressed the mean...

Category

1990s Contemporary Miguel Angel Ríos Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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