Abstract

SAMPERIO JIMENEZ, Daniel. Pictorial emulation and illusive experience: pictorialism in El biombo y los frutos by Jesús Gardea. Acta poét [online]. 2022, vol.43, n.1, pp.93-112.  Epub Apr 25, 2022. ISSN 2448-735X.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ap.2022.43.1.458725.

Belonging to the last stage of Jesús Gardea, El biombo y los frutos is one of his most enigmatic and perplexing novels. This article examines the relationship with painting in this work under the notion of pictorialism as a textual phenomenon that creates pictorial effects in the narrative. In particular, the dialogue between painting and gaze is analyzed, where the narration plays with both the vivid and illusory experience of representation in the story. With this, it sets out to elucidate one of the most suggestive elements of Gardea’s writing, especially manifested in this novel, not without seeking to contribute to a greater understanding of the author’s latest creative stage and aesthetic proposal.

Keywords : El biombo y los frutos; Jesús Gardea; Pictorialism; Fiction; Painting.