{"id":398,"date":"2023-05-13T03:33:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T07:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmargulis.com\/art\/?page_id=398"},"modified":"2026-09-28T08:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:18:17","slug":"jose-margulis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jmargulis.com\/art\/jose-margulis\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Who?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; bklyn_overlay_effect=&#8221;true&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1684126515547{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row overflow_visible=&#8221;true&#8221; overflow_visible_tablet=&#8221;true&#8221; overflow_visible_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1684123783821{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"wpb_content_element \"><style type=\"text\/css\">#ut_header_6ac57db4a8046 h1.section-title, #ut_header_6ac57db4a8046 h1.section-title span { color:#000000; }#ut_header_6ac57db4a8046 h1.section-title{ font-family: \"Poppins\";font-weight:300;font-style:normal; }#ut_header_6ac57db4a8046 h1.section-title { font-size:45px !important; }#ut_header_6ac57db4a8046 .lead { color:#000000; }#ut_header_6ac57db4a8046 .lead p { color:#000000; }#ut_header_6ac57db4a8046 .lead ins { color:#0a0a0a; }#ut_header_6ac57db4a8046 .section-title ins { color:#0a0a0a; }#ut_header_6ac57db4a8046 .section-title ins { background:#ffffff; }<\/style><header id=\"ut_header_6ac57db4a8046\" class=\"section-header  ut-no-title-linebreak-mobile ut-no-lead-linebreak-mobile pt-style-7 header-center header-tablet-center header-mobile-center\"><h1 data-title=\"J. Who?\"  data-responsive-font=\"section_title\" data-responsive-font-settings=\"{&quot;base-font-size&quot;:&quot;global&quot;,&quot;font-size&quot;:{&quot;desktop_large&quot;:&quot;45&quot;},&quot;base-line-height&quot;:&quot;global&quot;,&quot;base-letter-spacing&quot;:&quot;global&quot;}\" class=\"section-title  \"><span>J. Who?<\/span><\/h1><\/header><\/div>[vc_column_text]Three propositions structure the work: that depth is an internal distance rather than a fact of the surface, that the viewer completes the piece, and that meaning resides in the relational space between object and observer \u2014 a fourth, that identity is a condition of perception rather than a fixed state, emerged from the Cubist Kinetic series. Margulis situates this within the lineage of Latin American kinetic and geometric abstraction (Cruz-Diez, Soto, Otero, Gego), while extending it into more explicitly conceptual and linguistic territory.<\/p>\n<p>His work has been exhibited across galleries and fairs in North America, Europe, South America, and Asia, including Art Basel Week, SP-Arte, Moderne Art Fair Paris, Abu Dhabi Art, and fairs in Seoul, and was the subject of his first museum presentation and acquisition at the Erarta Museum in St. Petersburg. His gallery relationships span cities in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; bklyn_overlay_effect=&#8221;true&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1684126515547{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row overflow_visible=&#8221;true&#8221; overflow_visible_tablet=&#8221;true&#8221; overflow_visible_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1684123783821{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Three propositions structure the work: that depth is an internal distance rather than a fact of the surface, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-398","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmargulis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmargulis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmargulis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmargulis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jmargulis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jmargulis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/jmargulis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jmargulis.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}