MANUEL RUFO (Seville, 1954). "The human factor", 1995. Collage of cut-out photographs on panel. Signed and dated on the back. Size: 201 x 149 cm; 206 x 153 cm (frame). Manuel Rufo's work projects and analyses the different artistic languages and techniques. To do so, he focuses his special attention on the world of photography, installation, video and interventions in public spaces. The artist from Seville uses images taken from everyday media and objects which he repeats in modular form, creating grids so that each module loses its original meaning and becomes part of a larger structure. On this occasion, Rufo offers us the image of a cowboy on horseback made from cut-out photographs stuck to a board.

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