Artist, Richard Muñoz Moore, Spent The Last Four Years Creating A Visual Chronology Of Political And Social Chaos In The USA.

“DYSTOPIA” 2016-2020 Is a body of work that I wanted to serve as a time capsule or a record of the past 4 years.

I wanted to do a political show because it is subject matter I have never approached before and I knew it would be difficult. I have never thrown myself into my work as much as I have with this show. After this experience I will always do some political work, I feel almost obligated to at this point. I can’t explain it, but I do. Much of the subject matter has been eye opening and disheartening. I am a second-generation grandson to a Mexican, immigrant farmer, so it is also very personal.

The reactions from my work have been as varied as the people who sees the work, I suppose, but there has always been a reaction. I remember one couple stopping dead in their tracks to look at a piece. Silent. They just stopped. (it was a dark but not disturbing portrait) It kinda freaked them out I think. That makes me very happy. I never know how my work will be received, I just hope for the best. People tell me they think about my work, sometimes days after seeing it. For me, if my work resonates with people like that, if it makes them feel something, then the piece is a success. Their response, positive or negative is not within my control; so I don’t think about it-at all.

First and foremost I want my work to move you, I want you to walk away and have a dialog about what you saw. If you disagree with anything, I respect that. If the work from this show upsets you, I’m good with that-it should. This is the world we are living in and it is broken.

Richard Muñoz Moore

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