José Ruiz or the mobility of the body fractured objectivity

              I le lias jiisi a i i i \ c ( l IVÍJIII I I IC capiuil and
lie is p a i i i l i nu ilic idwn icd. |-Oil\ \cai-s
si'paialcd l i i i i i IVorii llio.sc ciliiui-íiiil
(Mañanan ailisi-, o í 1').")."). MÜIaivs.
< liii'ino aiiil PadítiiKi. and í ( ) i l \ \cai-s is
a l a l c l i i l pcridd (if linii- in IVancdisl
Spain llial arls likc a sc( ivi nnnihcr: he
is also iwcnly ycars disiaiil IVoni llic so
callcd ••(áaii'ialiíin ol llic ^'Os'. i le i-,
Iwcnly six ycai-s (ild and he has i c n n n i 'd
lo dic islands aílcr a spdl o f c i u l i i \cai's
in l-.nropc wlicic he dcxclopcd
profcssionalK: Arl sMnlciU in Barcelona,
a scliolar oí ihc ja'asünis Projcci. he has
slaycd in l'aris. I.ondon. (ioloanc. wcll
h r l o iT lile í|oc NhuKilo Millares firsl
\isi,icd Spain.
I he disiani'c llial nnilcs liini l(] diis
Adinnic connlrN is prccisch liic picscin.
and he coidosscs sinipK. w i l l i ahsolnlc
n o r n i a l i l \ . dial he is oiil oí loiich willi
ihc islanil arl sccnc. I lis carci'r. w i l l i his
pjccocioiiN and \(>hinlar\ noinadisiii
iTiakos José Kniz llic anlidicsi.s oí (he
Sdiing ai lisl niodi'l in dic islaiid. I lis
work. dial iiiciiidc^ h r i i ' í iioli's o l ' o h j c ii
lalsilicalioii and aii nnconiinon scnsc ol'
approacli lo i l ic ^ulijccl. has hccn a
coiisidcrahlc sliinnhis íor ihc Canarian
arl scciii'. I lis inriiicnccs are d i \ idcd
h i i w c c i i Susana Solano and (^aicía
Scxilla. and o\\c mncli lo Koniicllis. l ie
has really siaricd lo e.xhihil his woi'k
dnring i l i i ' '){)'s.
H n i / oraanizcs ihc inai;aiiial parís ol' ihc
|)0(l\ and Icri-iloiy Iroin ihc pcriphcr\.
I lis work lililí ral i \ c l y ceiilrí^s on I I H ;
José
Ruiz
or the mobility
of the body
fractured objectivity
B Y F R A N K G O N Z Á L E Z
hnniaii and aiiinial l>od\. (nraH('s.
clcplianls. /chías and hirds froni llic
.M'rican Saxannali nii,\ w i l i i ihc
llnropcan cow . l l i c cow hcconics.
l l i i ' o n i ih ils piclorial dcxclopiiicnl. a Irnc
lolcniic aiiinial. a s\nil)ol ol Icriilc
íciniíiilN and siinnllaiicoiisK ol'
coinplaisanl h i n i i a n i l \ . ol ihc
c o i i \ ( ' i i i c n d \ i ' i \ i l i s cd and coriccl hninan
iicr\ons sNslcin. I lis animáis and his
characlcrs are sel on a siaji'c dial
conlinnalK eniphasi/cs llie spherical
i i a i n re oí l ) i c \ i l \ in a inainnade wDild.
l i le iiiconlesiahle prolauíinisin dial sleins
í r o i i i die animal and liiolouical
coloni/alion ol llie eii\ ironmenl.
I Imnankind. as a species ¡s die aneiU
l l i a l hlows iip and dcílalcs ihe uloliai
hallooii. ealiiiL! il in die kilcheii or
rinsliinu il (low n ihc l o i l i ' l . There is no
\ iolence. I he e \ c r \ d a \ repelilion ol
représenla I ion is l l ie iniaucs of al I iludes
l l i a l (Mir .species laeilK assiimcs. l l ie
p a l l r \ u s e oí coloiir is simiiíicanl in lilis
rcnpecl. Iieiim' l i i n i l ed o i i l \ lo llie
siuniíx inu" eleineiil-.. lo llie mcssaue.
Drawiiií; dclermiiics llie .siilijecls ol
dialogue, dial is. o í a decaloaiie
micoimcioiisK shared. A dialouiic llial
i'\ c i i l iialK dcM'lops w i l l i lile exclianue of
all parís, l í i i i / hiiilds p i i z / l o \\ hcre si.x
posilile soliilioiis in I m i i soKc as nianx
diífereiil issiies. l i l i - , gaine llial he
devises places ihe parís of l l ie lioiK in a
iiew and dilh-riail r e a l i u . I he r i i p l i i re oí
a preeslalilished order i h r o i i i ih llie
iiidix idlial nioM'S oí llie parís caneéis
l l i e i r owii addi'd \ a l i i e . 1 l i i ' l>od\ is
iherelore redidini'd as a s l r i i c l n re iii
pernianenl i n n l a l i o n and as re.siili.
l a i k i i i u iranscendence. \ aliies allached
lo lile head. llie licnilals. ihe lorso are
dissoKcd in an amalganí oí liiies llial
a c l i i ig like a neiiroiial m i r i o r l e i i n i i s a
concepliial iinaü'C.
Advaiilajic has disappeared íroni liis
piclorial order. In his draw iiius coiiples
cliange w i l l i e\('r\ cadenee, allereach
sileiice. Men an<l wciinen sliare in a
l a l i r ic oí heleídse.Mial and lioinoscMial
I r a i ls w liere l l ie solees oí l l i i ' animal
kingdoni are also recoriled. In lilis
peniianeiil melaiiHiiphosis. llie animal
adopls liinnan gesinres and vicexcrsa.
Inumcs oí commnnicalion íienepalcd iii
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CfNieO A?|ANllCODI AHÍ MOÜEC-
.\(í>v líiiiz. í -lívcr of (i;il;ll
dicir' ciwii lciTÍli)í'\. indcpciidciil ol' llic
cNcr cliaiiaiiiü" >cciici\ ol ¡iniii('<l¡ai-\.
Il i> llii^ ¡riiiii('r.--¡()ii ¡II lili- ((iiilcxl of lile
sdcialK (•(irrccl. a-^ l i c l o i c llic
i'cologicalK (•(>i'r<'('l. llial iiiakes liis
p a l n l i i i g li\ xirliic di' ils s l n i c l u r c . a
| i ( ' n i i a i i r i i l iiiaiiiial pioco.-. n í (lialoüiic.
I lie s p c c l a l o r w lio can i i i a i i i | i i i l a l r llic
piccci ol' lile | ) i i / / l c ¡> rc^li IICIIII'ÍIIÍ; SOIIIC
oí lile |irciliih('.s Olí w liicli |(o>l-¡ii(liiiliial
S()cl(i\ aiiil ciilliiic are lia^cil. (!oiicc|)l
(locsii I (-iiii'i'uc lililí! iiiaiii{iiilali(>il
arisca. I lie wdik bccoiiic^ a incaiis ol
coniiiiiiiiic-alioii l)('l\\ (M'ii iwo
p ( ' r s | ) i ' i l i \ c > . lile piihlic's and llic
a i i d i o r s. M n a p l i o i ' Mil>>l il ule-- ¿iclioii.
Tliis MililN' |ila\ lian a pa^l noiicdicless.
i lir (!ain|il)('ll Soup liiis l i a \ c cookcd iii
( ' \ c r \ kilclii'ii ol iiiodcni Ail lli^loix. a
p r c s s i i r c cocikcr liill ol li\ p c i i i i a i k c l oii
o l l i ' r loodh. llic iiii'-i.saac. lliiis
l i a i i s \ i'sli(is<'d. iiiodulalr.s a iii'w
a l p l i a l i r l íor a pciliiltiiit; iiiaikcl ol
idi>oloi;i('.s. Tile Caiiiplicll lill^ iiiíillrali'
llic (loiiicsdr iiiicroi'coiioiin diroimh dic
liack (loor. In a similar \ \ a \ . llic silcncr
dial lili' ciilirs coiiiaiii liriiiü^ liack
sliarcd cxpcriciiccs alinosl iiiiciiiicioiisl\.
II Miuiicl de I iiainiino and Aiíii-^líii
l',--pinoha Icail ii> lo llic p a i i i l c r .lorgí'
O í a n i a s , and lie iii liini lakcn iis lo llic
riiljic icoiiN ol silciicc a n d lorloj'iiiicss.
lile iinaainaiN laii(l-.capi'^ of Hiiiz. cxokc
a di-.laiil i i n a u i i i a i \ « o i l d . Iicnnciic. \ (i
cloMT lo il-' rool-' llian wc ininiil
o i i a i n a lK lliink. Silcncc. d i a w i i i u dic
l a rk of a Iraiisn-iidcnl w isli. ¡I.s
s l n i c l n r c . coiiiiiic a Ininian hcinir dial i:
d¡-,coiiiiccicd. i-oiiíiiicd l>\ p a l l c n i s . Iiis
l)od\ acliiin a^ aii ¡ d c i i l iu spacc.
I ' i ' i l i a p s . ai' a fcnialc Ainiaican ciilic
said. dic onl\ IÍNÍIIÍÍ (IIÍIIÍ; dial wc l i a \ i'
Icll is lile liiiinan IIOÍK .
,I(I.M' líuiz. ( lllll/)l)c/l.