![Oscar Murillo — “Paintings happen in the studio where I have my own kind of system, although there can be physical residue of performance in them. I like to cut up the canvas in different sections, work on them individually, fold them and just leave them around for months [...] It’s not about leaving traces, it’s about letting things mature on their own like aging cheese or letting a stew cook, they get more flavorful. That’s kind of how these paintings are made.”](https://rtwaymdozgnhgluydsys.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/artwork-images/auction-lots/NY010713-112013-lot1774370189489.jpg)
Oscar Murillo
“Paintings happen in the studio where I have my own kind of system, although there can be physical residue of performance in them. I like to cut up the canvas in different sections, work on them individually, fold them and just leave them around for months [...] It’s not about leaving traces, it’s about letting things mature on their own like aging cheese or letting a stew cook, they get more flavorful. That’s kind of how these paintings are made.”
Oscar Murillo's large-scale canvas pulsates with raw, layered energy, built up through a labor-intensive process of oilstick, spray paint, enamel, and graphite applied across fragmented and reassembled sections. The work bears the physical traces of its unconventional making — folded, left to accumulate, and allowed to mature over time in the artist's studio. The result is a surface that feels simultaneously spontaneous and deeply considered, reflecting Murillo's interest in process, time, and the organic development of meaning within painting.
- Medium
- oilstick, spray paint, enamel and graphite on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Evening Sale
November 11, 2013
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