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Welcome to my personal website, I'm Jose Carmona (k-ant) digital conceptual artist and philosopher born in 1971 in Murcia (Spain).
Here you will find information about my biography and most representative works. I work on concepts, the synthesis of the face, body, objects, ideas and landscapes made from a simple, colourful and somewhat funny look with a conceptual touch. Part of my work is dedicated to the exploration of other artistic languages with new digital techniques, always trying to incorporate some concept to the meaning of the work. On the technique used I resort to a language of anti-art, the NOARTE, through the use of digital printing my creations claim the human intellectual authorship: the idea that is born in the mind of the artist as the engine of creation with the proposal to look at the world, not as a complexity of shapes and colours, but of meanings.
I often use repetition as a representation of the spirit of our times, the internet and the networks full of objects and statistics in which successful models are repeated and cloned ad infinitum, overflowing the networks with mimetic content. This idea is materialised in my works as an effect that, far from provoking rejection, is fascinating, it is the same fascination that we have when we contemplate the excess of what we like in the media.
My work is printed on canvas or high quality photographic paper and is also available as CDA (Certified Digital Art).
I work with single pieces and series.


k-ant in words and images.



QUOTE OF THE DAY

I awoke from my robot dream to find in my waking life, perhaps, the dream I dreamed in my sleep.
Jose Carmona



FEATURED ARTICLES
22-03-2025
Inauguration of the exhibition of the works selected in the painting competition of the University of Murcia 2024 at the Pedro Cano Foundation.
Yesterday took place on the third floor of the Pedro Cano Foundation (Blanca) the opening of the exhibition of the works selected in the painting contest of the University of Murcia 2024. On this occasion more people attended than at last y ..[ Go >>]
20-12-2024
Paintings from the series "Robot Life" at Uxval gallery in Barcelona
From January 2025 you will be able to see the paintings "Offices 2" and "Beach Day 1" at Uxval gallery in Barcelona. They are 100 x 100 cms prints on canvas belonging to the series "Robot`s Life". Good luck Uxval !!...
12-12-2024
Exhibition at the Palacio del Almudí of those selected in the 24th UMU 2024 painting contest. What is Art?
On Wednesday 11th December 2024 the inauguration of the exhibition of the works selected in the 24th Painting Competition of the University of Murcia was held in the Palacio del Almudí in Murcia, among which was my work "Chico Píxel 01". ..[ Go >>]
30-11-2024
k-ant, the art with moralising that annoys the greats
Miquel Barceló recently said: "Art with moralising that seeks to defend minorities is absurd" (interview by Alberto G. for "el Grito" in elconfidencial. com 19-11-2024), it`s possible that in this era in which hedonism has triumphed and im ..[ Go >>]
02-04-2024
Interview in the radio programme "Tu arte nos ha dado vida" (Your art has given us life) presented by Chelo Cánovas.
Interview in the radio programme "Tu arte nos ha dado vida" of the radio station "Murcia Economía" in Cartagena, presented by Chelo Cánovas on Monday 1st April 2024. Listen here the complete interview and you can listen to the interview ..[ Go >>]
11-03-2024
Article published in the newspaper Murcia Plaza: "Portraits to woo Rosalía at Babel Gallery: José Carmona exhibits his mosaics dedicated to the singer".
On 9-3-2024 this complete article on the exhibition dedicated to Rosalía was published in the newspaper Murcia Plaza. The comments of the author, Cristina Fernández, about my work are very interesting. This is the full text of the article ..[ Go >>]
12-12-2023
Full article by Miquel Echarri in el pais.com entitled "A slave doctrine to understand today`s bosses and employees: stoicism is back".
The article deals with the modern recycling of the classical philosophical current, "Stoicism", adapted to the new era of express success, philosophy for the slaves of the new era. A "slave doctrine" to understand today`s bosses and empl ..[ Go >>]
06-10-2023
Are my works made with Artificial Intelligence?
I don`t use the AI you can find on the internet to make my works. I make my drawings with a mouse and graphic design applications and with a series of applications that I have programmed myself (a kind of graphic plugins), I convert those ..[ Go >>]
13-08-2023
7 works selected in different national contests in 2023
Seven of my works have been selected in the following national painting and drawing contests in 2023: - Work "Mare Tranquillitatis 02" selected in the XXXVII Jaén Painting Prize Emilio Ollero. - Work "Cervantes multitud 01" selected in P ..[ Go >>]