José Molina, ¡Sangre!, screen printing, 51x36 cm

The serigraphy "¡Sangre!" belongs to the folder composed of 4 serigraphs belonging to real collections made by Molina over the years.

Sangue! belongs to the series Morir para vivir, the first one realized by the artist in 2002, which dates back to one of the most important moments of his life. That year Molina decided to leave his career as art director and dedicate himself completely to art. The title of the collection reflects this feeling of death as a passage to a rebirth, as an initiation into a new life that we often dream about but dare not embrace. Human beings often choose not to choose at all, and this is true death.

The artist accompanies his work to this story, written by him:

"I could no longer live there. It was neither Life nor Death. I still remember fire and blood. The absolute darkness, those burnt woods without leaves. That terrible silence, broken only by the ticking of the clock that reminded me how long I had left to live. It's so hard to die when you wish for death! Little by little the walls, the rooms and the house itself began to collapse, defeated by an inner fire that rebelled, overflowed, took revenge".

The face in the foreground is a self-portrait of the artist, which confirms the strong autobiographical involvement that inspired the creation of the entire collection.

The work is signed at the bottom right and numbered 83/100.