Colección: John R. Thompson
John Thompson (Schenectady, Nueva York, 1947) es un artista excéntrico que ha vivido entre Mérida y la Ciudad de México durante los últimos 18 años. Aunque mantiene presencia a través de su espacio de proyectos 108ag_projects, ubicado en la colonia Juárez, su obra existe al margen de los círculos y las genealogías dominantes del arte mexicano. Su práctica se desarrolla con la dedicación propia de un artista outsider, aunque no se encuadra estrictamente en esa categoría.
Thompson transforma el arte geométrico al convertir su rigidez racionalista en formas orgánicas y bulbosas que desafían la estética pulida de la tradición abstracta geométrica. Sus relieves escultóricos presentan protuberancias que introducen un elemento táctil y corpóreo, poco común en el lenguaje geométrico. A través de repeticiones pictóricas obsesivas y de la materialidad abultada de sus piezas, Thompson crea lo que podría describirse como una geometría carnosa y corporal. Este enfoque poco convencional define su lugar singular dentro de la tradición de la abstracción geométrica, al encarnar una reinterpretación extravagante de un lenguaje formal típicamente austero.
Carlos E. Palacios,
Ensenada, agosto de 2023

Obras
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Optical Depth
Oil Enamel, Varnish, pencil on plywood
47 x 51 x 43.5 cm”
18.5 x 20.8 x 17.3 inches
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Disk Shapes
Oil paint on Rice paper
58.4 x 88.9 cm
23 x 35 inches
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Outside Interference
Oil paint on plywood
46 x 46 cm”
18 x 18 1\4 inches
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Repetition
Oil paint on plywood
30 x 33 cm”
12 x 13 inches
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Northern Seascape of the Banks
Oil paint and shelf paper on fabric over nails and plywood
38 x 33 x 5.5 cm”
15 x 13 x 11/2 inches
“Reviewd in NY times”
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Mixed Messages
Oil Paint and Mixed Media Over Plywood
85 x 74 cm”
33 1\2 X 29 1\4 Inche
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Organic cameo series #4
mixed media and paper over black rice paper
41 x 28 x 4 cm”
16 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches
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More Monotone Mass Over Grid
Acrylic paint, plywood, fabric
and foam
26 x 25 x 9 cm
10¼ x 10 x 3½ inches”
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Memory of the hundred-eyed Argus
Oil paint and shelf paper on fabric over nails and plywood
71 x 61 x 6 cm”
28 x 24 x 2 1/2 inches
“Reviewd in NY times”
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Tainted Disk
Oil paint and varnish on plywood
26 x 23 cm”
10.2 x 9.1 inches
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Crowded outer space
0il paint on plywood and plexiglass
83.8 × 86.4 × 10.2 cm”
33 x 34 x 4 inches
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Internal Radialism
1999
Oil paint on rice paper
Double Side
52 x 52 cm
20.5 x 20.5 inches”
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Orbital Targeted Space
Oil on plywood
32 x 33 x 8 cm”
12.6 x 13.0 x 3.1 inches
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Formal Depth
Oil paint and varnish on plywood
51 x 46 x 41 cm”
20.1 x 18.1 x 16.1 inches
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Crosses and crystals
Acrílico paint on plywood
58.4 x 52.1 x 7.6 cm
23 x 20.5 × 3 inches
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Floating rectangles
oil paint and flocking over plywood and foam
58.4 × 52.1 × 7.6 cm”
23 x 20 1/2 x 3 inches
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Aerial Sensation
Oil paint and fabric over wooden panel
36 x 29 x 3 cm
14 x 11.5 x 1 inches
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Liquid Red
Oil paint on fabric over plywood
50 x 39 cm
19.7 x 15.4 inches
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Fragmented Edges
Acrylic paint, fabric, plywood and foam
35 x 37 x 13 cm
13 ¾ x 14.5 x 5 inches
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Anonymous Cluster with Crystalized Kryptonite
Acrylic paint, Kleenex, foam, and varnish.
15 x 13 x 9 inches
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Chunks and Crystals
Acrylic paint, Kleenex, foam, and varnish.
58.4 × 35.6 × 25.4 cm”
23 x 14 x 10 inches
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Organic protrusion
Acrylic paint on fabric and mixed media
43 x 43 x 20 cm”
17 x 17 x 8 inches
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Army Green Ground
Acrylic paint, spackle, varnish, fabric, and plywood.
51 x 51 x 15 cm
20 x 20 x 6 inches”
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Blue Black Ground with Grey Green
Acrylic paint, spackle, varnish, fabric, and plywood.
38 x 38 x 13 cm
15 x 15 x 5 inches”
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Blue Grey Ground
Acrylic paint, spackle, varnish, fabric, and plywood.
44.5 x 48.3 x 15.2 cm
17 ½ x 19 x 6 inches
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Chocolate Brown Ground with Magenta
Acrylic paint, spackle, varnish, fabric, and plywood.
18 x 13 x 5 inches
46 x 33 x 13 cm”
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Disruption over structural grid
Acrylic paint over wood
55.9 × 50.8 × 10.2 cm
22 x 20 x 4 inches
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Cameo White on White
Kleenex, acrylic paint, and varnish on rice paper.
29 x 30 x 4 cm”
11 x 12 x 2 inches
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Organic Grid
Clay
30 x 28 cm
11.8 x 11inches
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Curved Shapes, Pale blue and Yellow
Acrylic paint, plywood, fabric and foam
20 x 28 x 11 cm
12 x 11 x 4.5 inches
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Flowing moción series #4
Acrylic paint over and under, cut and reassembled Rice paper
64 x 51 cm
25 x 20
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Flowing Motion series #1
Acrylic paint over and under cut and reassembled Rice paper
64 x 51 cm
25 x 20 inches