Muu Blanco

Muu Blanco (born 16 August 1966) is a multidisciplinary Venezuelan artist. He works in the plastic arts, performance, drawing, photography, electronic music, conceptual video, and handbag design. His compositions have been presented locally as well as internationally, including in cities like: New York City, Berlin, Miami, Barcelona, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, London, Vancouver and Milan. His work has been regarded as a criticism to power, wealth and narcissism, as well as commentary on the urban landscape of modern Caracas.

His works are part of international public collections as the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Foundation collection, Fundación para la Cultura Urbana, Banco Mercantil collection; and private collections in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Milan, New York, Houston, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Mexico, Porto Alegre, Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona, Madrid, Caracas and Maracaibo.

He is also known as DJ Muu or Dr. Muusica for his musical work and career with sound art experiences.

Education José Antonio "Muu" Blanco Angulo was born in 1966 in Caracas, Venezuela. Between 1989 and 1990, he studied painting and the history of art at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Federico Brandt Institute at Caracas.

In 2009, together with Robert Lippok, Blanco showcased Paisaje Sonoro Caracas-Berlín at Sala Mendoza, Caracas, composed mostly of abstract compositions made from sound recordings from the streets of Caracas and Berlin.

Other collections of Blanco's work included:

In 2014, he worked on Black Point at Mandragoras Art Space New York and Futebol o Jogo só acaba quando termina with the Goethe-Institut throughout Latin America. The first is a multimedia performance related to the 2014 Venezuelan protests.

Publications

Catalogs . Sala Mendoza (2010), Paisaje sonoro: Caracas-Berlín (In Spanich), Venezuela: Goethe-Institut, Sala Mendoza, A-Musik and Faría+Fábregas Gallery, Legal deposit FD2522009650. 2018, A Time. Mirage Garage Camp, BurningMan Festival, Black Rock City. Nevada, USA. 2019, Calle Sin Salida (Dead End), GBG ARTS Miami, Art Palm Beach, Miami, USA.

Group Shows

1994, Técnicas Mixtas, Alternativa Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela. 1995, II Salón Pirelli of Young Artists, Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas Sofía Imber, Venezuela. 1998, Longitud de onda: Videos y fotografías, Alejandro Otero Museum, Caracas, Venezuela. 2000, Demostraionraume / A Case Study, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. 2000, 90 60 90, Goethe–Institut and Jacobo Borges Museum, Caracas, Venezuela. 2001, ENE Incidentes — RE incidentes / Entre milenios, Center of Beu Arts, Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2002, Cubo Blanco a la Caja Negra: tapes históricos, videos creativos, arte digital, video, escultura venezolana, Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas Sofía Ímber, Venezuela. 2003, Contra / Sentido. New Venezuelan Photography, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela. 2004, El Barril: Estética del Petróleo, Goethe–Institut and Jacobo Borges Museum, Caracas, Venezuela. 2005, Diálogos, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile. 2006, Diálogos, Contemporary Art Museum of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. 2006, Ambulantes, Jacobo Borges Museum, Caracas, Venezuela. 2006, Don’t Trust. Wight Biennial, Anxiety of influence, UCLA New Wight Gallery Eli & Edyth Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, EEUU. 2006, Happily Ever After… Hardcore, Art Contemporary Space, Miami, EEUU. 2007, AAA, Modernidad y Anacronismo, Núcleo Oramas, Zona VI Bienal de Mercosur, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 2010, Polimorfo(s) Perverso(s), Fernando Pradilla gallery, Madrid, Spain. 2010, Didácticas, Periférico Caracas Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Venezuela. 2011, Arqueologia de la galería, Galeria Sicart, Barcelona, Spain. 2011, Geometrías Alteradas: Doce discursos visuales, Faría+Fabregas Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela. 2012, El Quinquenio, La Caja, Chacao Cultural Center, Caracas, Venezuela. 2012, About Change, The World Bank Art Program Washington DC, EEUU. 2013, Arte Contemporáneo Venezolano, LEME gallery, São Paulo, Brazil. 2013, Futebol o Jogo só acaba quando termina, Goethe Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2019, Political Aesthetics, GBG ARTS Miami, Miami, EEUU.