For Javier Ruíz Pérez, this identity has taken different paths, such as urban art or figuration in the strictest sense. Now, that vision of the world comes to us with nuances, like a subtle renunciation of detail in favour of an expressive brushstroke committed to everyday life.

Let us say that Javier’s approach to reality is similar to the idea of the hermeneutic circle, of apprehending the totality from a detail that we understand thanks to that same totality. It is the small everyday features and attitudes of his characters that mark the dialogue with a whole which, at first glance, might seem alien to us.

Javier’s paintings abound in non-places, bare fields, plateaus where the human soul is reduced to a minimum expression. Hence, his protagonists work, play and exist without giving an answer to the reasons that have led them to such places. The decontextualisation is important, as it highlights the features that give character to the work, whether it be the elimination of the costume codes or the addition of objects and attitudes of necessary disparity.