Decadence / the transformation of being

byMarcos Juncal

Stour Space, February 2013

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Marcos Juncal’s technicolour exhibition, celebrating one of East London’s most nonsensical artists.

Private View: Feb 7th | 6 - 10pmOpen: Feb 7th - March 4th 2013 | 9am - 5pm Daily Take one look at Juncal’s portfolio and you’d think the artist behind it came out of the womb in Gaga heels and a bright pink afro. You’d be wrong. Actually the Spanish, wholesome and beardy man, grew up in Galicia, Spain, experiencing a somewhat more monochrome childhood. With the discovery of all things sci-fi, comic conventions, David Lynch’s paintings, and a collection of cult club merchandise, Marcos has rebelled against his Castro Cultural youth with an explosion of plaster, and pvc. Outrageous cross-species Barbie dogs, a life size Spiderman, and absurd Rubik’s Cubes held by golden geisha’s, are just a few parts of his latest exhibition.

If you’re part of any kind of London’s East End culture club you may have caught his Unveiled Series at Cultivate, Vyner Street. The large yellow, blue and red missiles – entitled Exploita, Explotame, Explo, are also in the mix for the new exhibition at Stour Space.Flow through Juncal’s surreal fantasy world, where sarcasm, irony and grotesque imagery run supreme. Found objects are decontextualised to become terrifying figures, conjuring up images of the circus and mythological creatures.The new work is more sculptural. Juncal’s art moves from tense and moody, to stark and shocking and as far as playfully obscene, and we’re delighted to reveal just a fraction of it here. It’s time to knock on doors and ask who’s coming out to play...

Education

1998-2000 The Marin School of Ceramic, Pontevedra, Spain

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Exhibition

Geisha, 2011, 30 x 10 x 10cm, Mixed media, £300

The Passion, 2012, 75 x 70 x 12cm, Mixed media, £200

The Life Is A Circus! 2012, 210 x 110 x 68cm, Mixed media, £1500

Bombs, 2012, Plaster and spray paint, £100

TOTEM, 2013, 500 x 200 x 40cm, Mixed media, £550

Simona Wants To Become A Tree, 2012, 35 x 20 x 12cm, Mixed media, £250

I’m Your Hate, 2011, 45 x 22 x 22cm, Mixed media, £300

Saryo, 2012, 40 x 15 x 15cm, Mixed media, £200

I am Gay and I am a Fighter Pilot, 2011, 30 x 12 x 10cm, Mixed media, £300

LOVE AIRBAG, 2012, 42 x 45 x 28cm, Mixed media

Eulogy To The Routine, 2013, 56 x 85 x 41cm, Mixed media, £500I Come Now, I Go to the Supermarket, 2012, 74 x 69cm, Mixed media,

£250

Goat Boy, 2012, 26 x 18 x 24cm, Mixed media, £175

Batman Begins, 2013, 90 x 54 x 54cm, Mixed media

Where Are The Heroes When We Need Them, 2012, 182 x 75, Mixed media

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