Eye graffiti painted on a weathered stone wall in Mexico City, surrounded by yellow and lavender street markings

A silent glance

A search for overlooked everyday art in Mexico City, beginning with a nearly forgotten eye graffiti seen by ojolo for almost 20 years. A silent glance.

ojolo

Oct 22 min read

Yves Tanguy was inside surrealism, yet somehow remained outside its brightest spotlight. This is a short vindication of the artist and his strange, magnificent place within the movement.

Surrealism inside surrealism

A reflection on Yves Tanguy, surrealism, André Breton and the artists buried beneath the movement’s most famous names. A 1-min read by ojolo.

ojolo

Sep 232 min read

A reflection on Rothko, pure color and the way time educates the eye, changing not the artwork, but ourselves.

Farming color

A reflection on Mark Rothko, color, the educated eye and how time changes the way we experience art. A 1-min read by ojolo. Farming color

ojolo

Sep 182 min read

Norman Foster’s Millennium Bridge in London, a steel suspension bridge crossing the River Thames

A bridge with cut wings

A reflection on Norman Foster, the Millennium Bridge, the NAIM and the symbolic power of architecture, connection and destruction. A 1-min read by ojolo. A bridge with cut wings.

ojolo

Sep 161 min read

Edvard Munch's The Scream, an expressionist painting of a figure screaming against a dramatic landscape

A scream on a real night

A reflection on Edvard Munch, The Scream, anguish and the power of art to shout without a single sound. A 1-min read by ojolo.

ojolo

Sep 121 min read

Zaha Hadid Architects' Bee'ah Headquarters in Sharjah, UAE, 2022, a futuristic white building with sweeping curved forms in the desert.

The art of impossible

A reflection on Zaha Hadid, art, science and impossible architecture—and why true spaces can create immersion without technological tricks. The art of impossible.

ojolo

Sep 22 min read

Banksy's Love Is in the Bin, the partially shredded artwork created from Girl with Balloon

Destruction as art

Can destruction itself become art? A reflection on Banksy, chaos, order, impermanence, and the artwork as sign and statement.

ojolo

Aug 312 min read

A subjective encounter with María Izquierdo and the colors, characters and symbols that continue to reshape an artist’s vision.

From the “left”

A subjective encounter with María Izquierdo, one of ojolo’s influential artists, and the way her colors, characters and symbols reshape an artist’s vision. From the “left”

ojolo

Aug 252 min read

Portrait painting by Egon Schiele illustrating artistic expression, psychological intensity, and the relationship between the artwork and the observer.

The Observer

A reflection on Egon Schiele, artistic creation, and the moment when an artwork begins its own life beyond the intentions of its creator. The observer.

ojolo

Jul 11 min read

Surreal AI-inspired visual composition exploring the tension between concept, spectacle, and contemporary art

Deep down

A reflection on AI art, semiotics, surrealism, and the growing tension between conceptual depth and technological spectacle. Deep down.

ojolo

May 102 min read

Keith Haring style figures with bold lines and vibrant colors exploring simplicity and complexity in pop art

Acid fun

A reflection on simplicity, color, and the thin line between banality and conceptual depth in contemporary and pop art. Acid fun.

ojolo

Apr 301 min read

Horror

A reflection on minimalism, baroque excess, and the concept of horror vacui as a tension between emptiness and saturation in contemporary art.

ojolo

Apr 221 min read

James Turrell immersive light installation exploring perception and space.

Memory

A reflection on how light, space and perception create memory in art. From classical artworks to the immersive vision of James Turrell.

ojolo

Mar 152 min read

Divine love

A reflection on divine love, the soul, and Francisco de Zurbarán’s Allegory of Charity. Art, neuroscience, and metaphysics meet in this short ojolo note.

ojolo

Mar 81 min read

Turmoil

An exploration of order and chaos through the turbulent vision of Francis Bacon and the uneasy balance that shapes human perception. Turmoil.

ojolo

Feb 171 min read

Matthew Wong painting exploring solitude and existential tension in contemporary art.

Stay or go

An honest reflection on art, mortality and the tension between staying alive or letting go, through the lens of Matthew Wong and romanticism. Stay or go.

ojolo

Feb 111 min read

Ancient cave painting representing early human symbolic expression

The awe

A reflection on semiotics, ritual, cave art, and the Qatsi trilogy as the origin of human expression beyond language. The awe.

ojolo

Jan 261 min read

Black and white photograph by Sebastião Salgado, symbolizing the dialogue between art, science, photography, and human imagination.

The eye inside the eye

Art and science meet through photography. A reflection on imagination, technology, and Sebastião Salgado’s vision of the world. The eye inside the eye.

ojolo

Jan 201 min read

Edward Hopper Sunlight in an Empty Room painting – light, emptiness, solitude

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.

ojolo

Jan 42 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

Dec 30, 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.

méxico, cdmx

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