José Manuel Cardiel: the dream of exhibiting at the Guggenheim of the renowned Aragonese doctor
Publication in hoyaragon.es, January 8, 2024 | Camila Fagá José Manuel Cardiel is one of those people for whom 24 hours a day seem short. A doctor by vocation, he developed medicine as a stomatologist for 40 years, and is currently part of the Quirón surgery team with Dr. Eloy Tejero. In addition, Cardiel is a consul of Honduras, Vice President of the College of Physicians, a talk show host on Cadena Cope, on Aragón TV and an artist since 33 years ago when he discovered his passion for painting. All these facets and many more things fill not only his professional resume, but also his life resume, capturing in each of his works his way of being: restless, dynamic and persistent. It has been said that he is the “Aragonese Pollock” due to his painting style, abstract expressionism. Cardiel uses the dripping technique, which consists of spontaneously and energetically splashing paint on a canvas through his hands without practically using brushes. «It all started as a hobby, but I am very persistent and consistent in my manifestations, and what at the beginning was a hobby, for two years it has become almost another profession, since, I am and will continue to be










