100% Pure
2014
Oil, oil stick, graphite on canvas and linen
98 1/2 x 82 3/4"

Education, out of one of many people
2015–2016
Oil and oil stick on canvas and linen
76 3/4 x 76 3/4"

(untitled)
2017–2018
Oil and oil stick on canvas, linen and velvet

Oscar Murillo (b. 1986, Valle del Cauca, Colombia) is known for his large-scale paintings that imply action, performance and chaos. They are methodically composed of rough-hewn, stitched canvases that often incorporate fragments of text as well as studio debris such as dirt and dust. His paintings, video works and performances are tied to a notion of community stemming from the artist’s cross-cultural ties to London—where he currently lives and works—and Colombia, where he was born.

“100% Pure” relates to Murillo’s ongoing series of works based on the product imagery of Vita Coco coconut water, whose logo he has appropriated as a symbol of a kind of displacement he relates to—a product from a tropical part of the world now popular in metropolitan cities.