Megalopolis is a work of great visual and symbolic power. Intertwined bodies, compressed by geometric lines that evoke architectural structures, merge into a vertical composition reminiscent of a colossal building made up of multiple dwellings. Each figure, defined by intense, vibrant colours, embodies the human presence within densely populated urban spaces, where individuality dissolves into a crowded and anonymous existence.
The use of the palette knife gives the pictorial surface a sense of physicality and energy, while the visual fragmentation offers a critique of the social system of large cities, where overcrowding and alienation coexist beneath a façade of aesthetic order. The work transforms urban chaos into a poetic construction, revealing both its beauty and its cruelty.
Megalopolis represents not only an image, but also a warning: at the heart of urban development, creativity and human collapse coexist.
Ana María Muñoz Miró, the artist’s companion and the person responsible for preserving his artistic legacy, wrote the following about this painting:
"Its intense yet balanced colours, distributed with a sense of harmony that achieves a richness of beauty at once vivid and unified, illuminate the imagination with fantastic light. Let us imagine a building with many dwellings, its separate lines revealing a multitude of human beings immersed in their way of living together. Megalopolises devour humanity."
V. de Espona