Desde mi estudio (From My Studio)

Gustavo Arias Murueta’s work can be defined by aesthetic juxtapositions between two styles: abstract expressionism and geometric abstraction. Breaking from a previous generation’s established models of Mexican Muralism’s social realism, Arias Murueta’s artwork dually expresses frenzied emotion and control, chaos and order. The artist began his career studying architecture in 1946 at the Universidad Autónoma de México. However, by 1960, he had begun to experiment with painting and by the following year he was presenting his first solo exhibition. As a member of the Generación de la Ruptura, Arias Murueta contributed to the growth and evolution of abstract art in Mexico.