Galerie Klüser

Munich
Galerie Klüser

Juan Muñoz

(Spanish, 1953 – 2001)
Juan Muñoz was a Spanish sculptor best known for his realistic figures installed in public spaces. Muñoz used a variety media, including paper-maché, resin, bronze, audio recordings, and painting to create his dynamic pieces, combining elements of sculpture and installation to blur the distinctions between reality and art. “I like to think of it as in this kind of space that exists between each of us and the rest of the world,” Muñoz has said. “It's like that moment when you switch off a light in a room and you say: ‘This is me, alone.’ Art is a wonderful place to feel like that.” Born on June 17, 1953 in Madrid, Spain, he grew up in the oppressive environment of Franco’s regime. He went on study in the United Kingdom at both Croydon College...