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Morphology of the meeting
The story of Michael Burton Junior
2018 - 2019
'Morfología del encuentro' tells the story of Michael Burton Junior,
a senior finance executive inspired by the 1980s Wall Street films, who is forced to embark on an initiative in the search, perhaps, for the meaning of his life.
The archetype of the character has managed to touch his professional roof, but, apparently, also his spiritual background.
He believes he has everything, money, power, women, as well as a relentless and corrosive dissatisfaction that is slowly devouring, his whole being.
This is how he has realized that material has failed to cover up that existential rift that he has dragged since his childhood and, before falling into complete madness, he will be willing to dive and accept his shadow to undertake a real, as well as symbolic-spiritual journey, for each of his fears and prejudices.
His companion and confidant, James Schoendorff, will accompany him on this cathartic adventure, crossing a mental north pole laden with icebergs that, perhaps, is none other than his spiritual freezing and the coldness of his reasoning. This journey will be contrasted by archetypal apparitions of the warrior woman (Amazonas, Valkyries, Artemises or Perhaps the present femen), which manifest their fears and desires, the “eros and the tánatos” of the material paradigm, patriarchal-capitalist, which Michael Burton Junior represents, claiming the necessary communion with his “other self” more emotional, feminine and spiritual.
The archetype of the character has managed to touch his professional roof, but, apparently, also his spiritual background.
He believes he has everything, money, power, women, as well as a relentless and corrosive dissatisfaction that is slowly devouring, his whole being.
This is how he has realized that material has failed to cover up that existential rift that he has dragged since his childhood and, before falling into complete madness, he will be willing to dive and accept his shadow to undertake a real, as well as symbolic-spiritual journey, for each of his fears and prejudices.
His companion and confidant, James Schoendorff, will accompany him on this cathartic adventure, crossing a mental north pole laden with icebergs that, perhaps, is none other than his spiritual freezing and the coldness of his reasoning. This journey will be contrasted by archetypal apparitions of the warrior woman (Amazonas, Valkyries, Artemises or Perhaps the present femen), which manifest their fears and desires, the “eros and the tánatos” of the material paradigm, patriarchal-capitalist, which Michael Burton Junior represents, claiming the necessary communion with his “other self” more emotional, feminine and spiritual.
- All
- Drawing
- Exhibitions
- Other media
- Painting
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Night Iceberg
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M.B.J.’s journey.
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Double portrait of M.B.J.
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Michael Burton Jr.’s comfort zone.
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Aggressive executive
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/La-valkiria-de-Wall-Street.-1024x857.jpg)
The Wall Street Valkyrie
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Cold portrait
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Self-parody
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Cold landscape
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Hotel
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Acceptance in the office.
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First flashes and fragrances
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Frozen beauty
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Comfort Zone II
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The weight of contradiction
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Revolution and love
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Testajabata
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Essays on an adventure
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/More-is-menos-1024x745.jpg)
More is less
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Valkyrie about the executive
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Interior landscape. Farm and capital
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The third question
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So far, so close. The home of Michael Burton Jr before the voyage.
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Like a revolution
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Schoendorff’s speech
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Crystallize the promise, promise catharsis I
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Anti-ventisca glasses
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The more it’s less.
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Study of an executive as a frigorrino
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Catharsis in the office
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Farm and capital
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Victorious road
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Iceberg thinking
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Study for an adventurous head
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Little big iceberg
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Study for a new Valkyrie
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Okay, let’s do it for dignity
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Wall Street Valkyrie Fear and Desire
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Morphology of the meeting
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Dreams of ambition
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Looking at the reflection
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Comfort Zone
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Michael Burton Jr.’s exaggerated potential.
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Paisaje-mental-de-Michale-Burton-Jr-1024x735.jpg)
Mental Landscape by Michael Burton Jr
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Una-habitacione-con-vistas.-oleo-sobre-papel-751x1024.jpg)
A room with a view
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Important superfluous meetings
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/iceberg-angular-mixta-sobre-papel-30x40cm.2017-1024x771.jpg)
Angular Iceberg
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/En-la-cumbre-de-la-grieta-espiritual-1024x719.jpg)
At the top of the spiritual crack
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/la-constante-huida.-Lapiz-sobre-papel.-30x42cm.-2017-1024x739.jpg)
The constant flight
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With a hopeful vision
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Two lights and an icy mountain
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It was thought by James Schoendorff
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The Transvestite
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Crystallize the promise on the table
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Fuerza-y-libertad.-oleo-sobre-papel-692x1024.jpg)
Strength and freedom
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tu-que-si-puedes-792x1024.jpg)
You can do it.
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Portrait of the Modern Man
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So far, so close II
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So far, so close
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Una-manana-de-incesantes-revelaciones-1024x698.jpg)
A morning of relentless revelations
![](https://www.joseluisserzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Conversacion-decisiva.-1017x1024.jpg)
Decisive conversation
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Michael Burton Junior’s Chair
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Frozen Instinct II
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James Schoendorff or Whatever it takes. by a friend
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He yells at me so much what you are that I don’t hear what you’re saying.
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Michael and James in the office
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Project the more it is the less
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Project the more it is the less
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Project building iceberg
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Project for the Barjola Museum
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THE END IS THE BEGINING
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SO FAR SO CLOSE III
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Morphology of the meeting
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Gallery Exhibition Gema Llamazares (Gijón. 2018)
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Illusion
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Sooner or later
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The Journey II
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