Jose Villarrubia

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  • Jose Villarrubia

  • 48 / Male
  • BALTIMORE, Maryland, US
  • Last Login: 11/30/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Professionaly: art, comics, illustration, photography.





    For fun: NPR, film, theater, opera, music videos, dance, early Christianity, fin-de-siècle, the Symbolists and Decadents.
  • Music

    Contemporary (in no particular order): Bjork, Rufus Wainwright, Camille, Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, Edith Piaf, Billy Holiday, Phillip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Alaska.





    Classical: RUSALKA!!!! Bizet, Debussy, Ravel, Satie, de Falla, Granados, Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla

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  • Movies

    Kubrick, Visconti, Pasolini, Fellini, early Bertolucci, Haynes, Solondz, early Polanski, early Coppola, Herzog, Bergman, Berlanga, Allen, Hitchcock.
  • Television

    If I watched it I would love Six Feet Under. I should get around to watching Lost and Grey's Anatomy since my friends write for them.
  • Books

    Anything by David Sedaris, David Rakoff, Kelly Link, Sappho, Oscar Wilde, Marcel Schwob, Tennesse Williams, Federico Garcia Lorca. <[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[iframe]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] title="magazine" frameborder="0" width="460" height="469" style="border:none;" src="http://www.arthurmag.com/ index.donate.php">..
  • Heroes

    Todd Haynes, Jean Cocteau, Simeon Solomon, Mel Odom, Lindsay Kemp, Oscar Wilde, Klaus Nomi.

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking, Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends
  • Hometown: Madrid, Spain
  • Orientation: Gay
  • Ethnicity: Latino / Hispanic
  • Religion: Other
  • Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
  • Children: I don't want kids
  • Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
  • Education: Post grad
  • Occupation: Artist/Professor

Schools

Companies

  • Maryland Institute College of Art

    • Baltimore, MD US
    • Professor
    1997-present

Blurbs

About me:

The slideshow above is a presentation of the images in the book The Mirror of Love by Alan Moore and Jose Villarrubia.



Currently working on:

CONAN

YOUNG X MEN

SWEET TOOTH

GHOST RIDER

BATMAN (with Sam Keith)

MANHUNTER

HALO UPRISING

KULL

UNKNOWN SOLDIER





Villarrubia is an artist who has done considerable work in the American comic book industry, particularly as a colorist. Villarrubia's fine art photography has been exhibited in the U.S., Latin America and Europe, and it is part of the permanent collection of institutions such as the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Inter-American Development Bank. He is a professor in the Illustration Department of the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has also taught at Towson University, the Baltimore School for the Arts and the Walters Art Museum. He has lectured extensively about art at Johns Hopkins University, the College Art Association, Dickinson College, the Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA in London, the Williem de Kooning Academy, the Naples Academy of Art, and the MacWorld UK Convention.

Current work includes: Illustrating The Book of Copulations, an introduction to magic in everyday life written by Alan Moore, developing Alan Moore's Tarot deck, coloring for all the major US comics companies (Crossing Midnight for DC, Ghost Rider and Silver Surfer for Marvel, City of Others and Conan for Dark Horse) and a couple European projects (La Chica Bionica by Paul Pope for Dargaud Belgium)

Who I'd like to meet:



Anyone with similar tastes/values/interests/world view.

Anyone interested in meeting me.

You are a

Social Liberal
(85% permissive)

and an...

Economic Liberal
(8% permissive)

You are best described as a:

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Socialist (8e/85s)
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Status and Mood

  • Jose Villarrubia does not come by here any more, but you can reach him in facebook...
    Mood: happy happy
    Posted at 10:01 PM Oct 25

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  • Nov 29 2009 9:28 PM

    141109_if you see come to the wild girl ... it's time to escape.

    if you see come to the wild girl ... it's time to escape. Lessons to devour Plato in the disco.

    collage serie: From solstice to solstice.
    collage universe: newspaper EL PAIS saturday 14-11-09 .

    Luis Canicio 2009.

    Have a intense and creative week
  • Nov 24 2009 9:47 AM

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  • Nov 22 2009 2:37 PM

    071109_

    three surprises for a urban depredator remains frustrated if a woman, without a foul-spoken wife, and without the graceful woman who has everything.
    (A review of the trial of Paris myth)
    collage serie: From solstice to solstice.
    collage universe: Newspaper EL PAIS saturday 7-11-09
    Luis Canicio 2009

    071109_The idden corners of Panero on the island of Neverland. The winged monster survive wounds that are not

    The hidden corners of poet Panero on the island of Neverland. The winged monster survive wounds that are not
    collage serie: From solstice to solstice.
    collage universe: Newspaper EL PAIS saturday 7-11-09
    Luis Canicio 2009

    New collages serie From solstice to solstice
  • Nov 18 2009 2:47 PM

    LUCIA from diluvio on Vimeo.

  • Nov 18 2009 8:28 AM

    LUIS from diluvio on Vimeo.



    ;-)
  • Nov 14 2009 12:13 AM



    Cutting pics from newspapers this weekend.
    Soon new collages.
  • Nov 11 2009 2:58 PM

  • Nov 10 2009 6:56 PM

     

    Andamio junto a la catedral de Murcia.


     

    Luis Canicio 2009
  • Nov 10 2009 10:34 AM


    Final del primer acto, la pieza de las onomatopeyas.

    Ayer estuvimos viendo la obra de Rossini "La italiana en Argel" con figurines y escenografia de Joan Font de "Els Comediants".
    Es deliciosa y absolutamente recomendable.

    No he encontrado imágenes de este montaje en Youtube, pero sí este reportaje de tve:


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  • Nov 6 2009 10:15 PM

     I wish you a long, magical, sparkling weekend.
    Hugs
    Luis Canicio.
  • Nov 6 2009 8:00 AM

  • Nov 4 2009 8:50 AM

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    Ben Brown "Kill Your Idols" ;-)
  • Nov 1 2009 6:46 PM

    171009Death is the inventor of God

    Death is the inventor of God.
    Collage serie: From solstice to solstice.
    collage universe: newspaper EL PAIS saturday 17-10-09.
    Luis Canicio 2009

    Have a peaceful week.
  • Oct 28 2009 1:04 PM



    OPHELIAS


    Hugs
    L.
  • Oct 27 2009 1:55 AM

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  • Oct 23 2009 11:31 AM

    The tears of Eros,  exhition at the Tyssen  B. Museum in Madrid.
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    Have a nice cool weekend.

    L.
  • Oct 21 2009 7:09 PM



    :-D
  • Oct 19 2009 6:50 PM

    Pictures by Madame Yevonde

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    Medusa

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    Europa

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    Hecate


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    The muse of the comedy


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    Circe
  • Oct 19 2009 4:49 PM



    The Big Suit, puppet theater.
  • Oct 18 2009 10:10 PM

    &amp;iquest;Mata el trabajo o los domingos?
    Kill the job? or Kill the Sundays?
    collage serie: From solstice to solstice
    collage universe: newspaper EL PAIS saturday 10-10-09
    Luis Canicio 2009
  • Oct 16 2009 1:15 PM