{"product_id":"rufino-de-mingo-figuras-rosa-oleo-lienzo","title":"Rufino de Mingo — Linked figures and rose — Oil on canvas, large format","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn a reddish, eroded, and deliberately irregular surface, several human forms appear, traced in a continuous black line. The bodies do not occupy a conventional space: they seem to float, entwine, and shift between a succession of large vertical forms that traverse the composition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRufino de Mingo constructs the work based on the contrast between two languages. On one hand, there is the matter: layers of color, scrapings, overlays, and traces that turn the background into an almost archaeological surface. On the other, the drawing: human figures and a large rose reduced to dark, immediate, and deliberately schematic profiles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe upper scene concentrates the narrative tension. Two figures appear linked by arms and bodies that extend horizontally, in a relationship that can be read as an encounter, a dance, a game, or a confrontation. De Mingo avoids defining it completely and lets that ambiguity activate the composition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBelow them appears an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eisolated rose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, constructed using the same black stroke. Its presence introduces an organic and recognizable motif against the abstraction of the background, while the large vertical forms—visually close to stelae, leaves, or stone structures—organize the space and provide depth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe palette is dominated by earthy reds, salmons, ochres, and muted greens. Instead of covering the canvas uniformly, the artist works the paint as an accumulative surface: remains, transparencies, and small chromatic fractures appear, giving the work a marked tactile richness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRufino de Mingo — Between Matter and Figure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRufino de Mingo (Escariche, Guadalajara, 1953)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, and muralist. His career has developed within an experimental conception of artistic practice, alternating between painting, graphic work, mural intervention, and collective projects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the eighties, he promoted the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuralistas de Escariche\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e project in his hometown, which brought together artists of different backgrounds to intervene on the municipality's facades. He was also linked to the Grupo Abanico and the Movimiento Caos, within an artistic context interested in expanding creation beyond the conventional painting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis work has circulated internationally and is represented in institutional collections; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía holds several pieces related to his production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his painting, a coexistence between \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eabstract, material-heavy backgrounds and figurative elements reduced to signs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e frequently appears. The human body then ceases to function as an academic representation to become almost an ideogram: a silhouette, a posture, or a gesture is enough to suggest a narrative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis work constitutes an especially clear example of that approach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween the Wall and the Drawing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe painting functions almost as if two different works had been superimposed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst, there is the background, built through color, wear, and texture. It could exist on its own as an abstract composition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen, the figures and the rose appear, traced directly onto that surface using a bold black line. That intervention completely transforms the painting: where there was previously matter, characters, relationships, and symbols begin to emerge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is precisely that tension—between the abstract and the recognizable, between surface and story—that gives the piece its personality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Rufino de Mingo (Escariche, Guadalajara, 1953)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFiguras enlazadas y rosa (Linked Figures and Rose)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Oil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 61 × 50 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSignature:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Signed \"R. de Mingo\" in the lower right corner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubject:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Figurative composition \/ human figures \/ rose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Contemporary figuration with material treatment and abstract elements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Second half of the 20th century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSupport:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Canvas on stretcher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresentation:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Unframed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Good general condition, with signs consistent with its age and the material treatment of the surface itself. The photographs are part of the condition description.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Workshop Note — When a Line Transforms Matter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst, we see the surface: a reddish, rough expanse, full of small traces, scratches, and layers of paint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen the figures appear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDe Mingo needs only a black line to transform that abstract background into a scene. The bodies meet, entwine, and seem to suspend themselves in front of the vertical forms; below, a rose introduces an unexpectedly recognizable element.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are especially interested in that change of register. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe painting can be contemplated at the same time as a material abstraction and as a small, open-ended narrative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, without either of the two readings fully imposing itself over the other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"El taller del coleccionista","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54928325443917,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/1841\/3901\/files\/DSC_0118_65d65ee3-740e-4dbc-8c7a-5cf169f39b90.jpg?v=1790870304","url":"https:\/\/eltallerdelcoleccionista.com\/en\/products\/rufino-de-mingo-figuras-rosa-oleo-lienzo","provider":"El taller del coleccionista","version":"1.0","type":"link"}