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Amazar technique was established by Nicomedes Suárez-Araúz and José Rodeiro in Barcelona in 1986 and continued from that time to the present, as an Amnesis creative method. From 1986-1988, during the aftermath of the Spanish Movida, Rodeiro and Suarez shared a studio in Sarria, Barcelona; where they began creating imagery from remnants and detritus of previous images, generating new unexpected compositions, using monotype, collage, manipulation and accidents. The name was coined by Suárez-Araúz, combining two Spanish words amasar: to knead, unite, or amalgamate and azar: chance.
After the death in 1975 of the dictator, General Franco, the Spanish Movida blossomed unleashing an exciting moment in Spanish cultural-life filled with social freedom and heightened artistic creativity. Barcelona and Madrid were the co-epicenters of this new-wave; where the Movida’s exhilarating mood lingered well into the early 1990s.
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