Jose Antonio Davila - Artist Info

About Jose Antonio Davila

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    José Antonio Dávila
    PDVSA La Estancia, Caracas
    By Beatriz Sogbe

    In 1967, José Antonio Dávila (New York, 1935) visited several cities in the United States on an invitation from that country’s State Department. Back in Venezuela, he conceived a figurative approach to contemporary man conveyed through cabins and engine rooms where man is trapped in anguish and alienation. Later, in 1970, he formed a group called Presencia 70. It was created to promote individual work and its members were free to choose their approaches and proposals. Presencia 70 was composed of Oswaldo Vigas, Régulo Pérez, José Antonio Dávila, J.M. Cruxent, Humberto Jaimes Sánchez and Ángel Hurtado. Its duration was ephemeral, barely two years, but during ...

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