Nationality Colombia | Occupation Visual artist | |
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Books Oscar Muñoz: Mirror Image, Oscar Muñoz: Biografías; 19 February - 14 June 2009, Art Gallery of New South Wales | ||
Oscar Muñoz is a visual artist born in 1951 in Popayán, Colombia.
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Early life and education
Muñoz grew up in Cali, Colombia where he attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes. He studied art and filmmaking
Career
Muñoz has several works in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, including "Untitled" from the series Dried Narcissus (Narciso seco) (1996) a screenprint on acrylic and The Game of Probabilities (2007) a series of chromogenic color prints. Muñoz founded a cultural center and art residency program in Cali, Colombia, Lugar a Dudas.
Muñoz work, Aliento (Breath),1995, consists of seven small oval mirrors screen-printed with grease. It is intended to be installed at eye level for viewers to blow on. Through the breath's vapor, an image of a deceased person (taken from obituary photographs) is revealed. This work was analyzed in the article, Assisted Breathing: Developing Embodied Exposure in Oscar Muñoz's "Aliento."
Selected exhibitions
Selected works
