By Miguel Angel Reyes

Medium: Screenprint
Image Size: 24 x 30

In Tension, Miguel Angel Reyes fuses classical draftsmanship with bold, contemporary symbolism. A nude male figure, rendered in muscular detail, crouches in a sprinter’s stance atop a stylized utility pole, as if preparing to launch into motion. At the center, an all-seeing eye radiates from a circular emblem, suggesting surveillance, power, or spiritual illumination. Geometric forms—a glowing cross and an arrow—further anchor the composition, adding layers of symbolic tension between body, technology, and metaphysics. Reyes’ use of saturated color and graphic line emphasizes the electric interplay between strength and vulnerability, grounding the piece in both personal and universal narratives of struggle, resilience, and transcendence.