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Full of emptiness
A personal reflection on emptiness, light, and Edward Hopper’s “Sunlight in an Empty Room”. Art, sadness, and the quiet weight of being alive.
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16 minutes ago2 min read


Less is less
A short reflection on art, invisibility, and the uncomfortable truth behind the phrase “less is more.” Sometimes, in art and in life, less is simply less.
ojolo
5 days ago1 min read


The alchemist
A reflection on Xul Solar’s visionary art, alchemy, hermetic thought and inner universes beyond trends, power and the art market. The alchemist.
ojolo
Dec 16, 20251 min read


The Eye Inside the “I”
In The Eye Inside the “I”, Ojolo reflects on the Pantheon of Agrippa, sacred space, inner vision, and the architecture of eternity. A poetic take on gaze, ritual, and meaning.
ojolo
Dec 2, 20251 min read


The war and the hole
A sharp reflection on Warhol, Pop Art, business, and the battlefield every artist must face. Strategy, survival, and creation collide in this week’s Ojolo Notes. The war and the hole.
ojolo
Nov 25, 20252 min read


The starting point
A brief meditation on emptiness as a starting point, through architecture, sculpture, and the monumental spaces shaped by Eduardo Chillida.
ojolo
Nov 18, 20251 min read


Eyes for love
Ojolo reflects on how love, like art, dances between illusion and truth. Inspired by Quinten Massys’ Ill-Matched Lovers, this piece questions when love is real, and if it ever truly is.
ojolo
Nov 11, 20251 min read


Darkness and pleasure
Füssli’s The Nightmare has long been seen as a vision of horror. But what if it was actually about pleasure — and society’s fear of it?
ojolo
Nov 4, 20251 min read


Death Laughs at Life
Beyond Halloween's commercial façade lies Mexico's profound Día de Muertos, a centuries-old tradition honoring death itself. Discover the true meaning behind La Catrina and why this ancestral celebration transcends life, as told through the eyes of someone who keeps the tradition alive: Death laughs at life
ojolo
Oct 28, 20252 min read


Loneliness among the clouds
A reflection on dreams, solitude, and the eternal desire to rise above reality, inspired by Caspar David Friedrich’s “The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog.”
ojolo
Oct 21, 20252 min read


The Art Market’s Blur
An introspective reflection on the thin line between madness and creation. Through the stormy brilliance of J.M.W. Turner, Ojolo questions the blindness of today’s art market, a world that often mistakes light for noise.
ojolo
Oct 14, 20251 min read


Between Madness and Art
Art isn’t a choice —it’s a calling that can drive you to the edge of madness. In “Between Madness and Art”, Ojolo reflects on the life of Martín Ramírez, a visionary who turned schizophrenia into a landscape of creation.
ojolo
Oct 7, 20251 min read


The Misfortune of a Coherent Art Vision
A raw reflection on staying loyal to your art vision versus selling your soul to the market. With Kafka as an unexpected mirror.
ojolo
Sep 30, 20252 min read


Witches can fly, ART makes it possible
omposición pictórica con cuatro figuras humanas: tres personajes semidesnudos con tocados cónicos decorados con motivos serpentinos sostienen a una cuarta figura completamente desnuda, realizando gestos de insuflación de aire con las mejillas hinchadas, bajo una iluminación dramática externa
ojolo
Sep 23, 20251 min read


When Art Becomes Alchemy
A reflection on art as transmutation. ojolo dissects the process of creation as a metaphysical act: where pigment becomes pulse, matter becomes spirit, and silence becomes gold.
ojolo
Sep 17, 20251 min read


Harmony of Tension: My Presence in the Virtual Exhibition
Celebrating presence in the digital realm. ojolo reflects on the inclusion of his work Mascarojo 25 in Harmony of Tension, a global virtual exhibition curated by Dominique D. Sahms. The piece examines the red mask as symbol and mirror, what we hide, what we unveil.
ojolo
Sep 3, 20251 min read


Nuclear Splinters: The Christ of Orozco
An homage and reinterpretation. ojolo fractures José Clemente Orozco’s vision of The Christ Destroying His Cross into digital radiance, where nuclear light meets divine gesture. A meditation on apocalypse, art, and rebirth through destruction.
ojolo
Sep 2, 20251 min read


A jump into the abyss
This essay is a descent, not into despair, but into truth. ojolo explores the act of creative falling: letting go of safety, certainty, and recognition. The abyss becomes a site of revelation, where failure mutates into light.
ojolo
Aug 27, 20251 min read


Art: An Isle of the Artists' Dead
A meditation on the immortality of art. ojolo imagines a spectral island where artists who vanished in silence still create beyond the material world. A reflection on legacy, anonymity, and the strange beauty of persistence after erasure.
ojolo
Aug 20, 20251 min read
ojolo: abel garcía jiménez, a mexican visual artist exploring introspection, emotional archeology, digital myth, semiotic perception through a blend of traditional and generative art.
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