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  • The book is open to two pages. One image spans both, it is of the artist painting in his studio.
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Robert Nava

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This exhibition catalog features the retrospective of the work of the American artist Robert Nava (born 1985), hosted by the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum. Curated by Guillermo Solana, this will be the first solo museum exhibition on the artist. It features 17 large-format works created between 2019 and 2024, among them Castle Back Flyer (2021) and Red River Storm (2023), both from this collection.

Consciously avoiding academic norms, Robert Nava has evolved a markedly individual style related to “bad painting”, a term used to define works which challenge good taste. Influenced by Prehistoric and Egyptian art, Pre-Columbian culture, cartoons and the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Cy Twombly, Nava aims to create a new mythology that reflects the present day, comprising hybrid creatures and zoomorphic monsters located in scenes that involve an element of violence.

Publication details

Contributors: Dan Fox and Guillermo Solana
Publisher: Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation
Publication date: 2024
Softcover
88 pages
9 x 6 inches
ISBN: 97817173883
Robert Nava. The cover is copper and reflective and features an image of the artist&
The book is open to two pages. One image of the artist&
The book is open to two pages. One image of the artist&
The book is open to two pages. One image spans both, it is of the artist painting in his studio.
Robert Nava. The cover is copper and reflective and features an image of the artist&

Robert Nava

Driven by his desire to “make new myths” responsive to our times, Robert Nava has created a chimerical world of metamorphic creatures, drawing inspiration from sources as disparate as prehistoric cave paintings, Egyptian art, and cartoons.

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