Juan Muñoz A leading artist at the height of his powers - his vast installation is currently on display in London - he described himself simply as a storyteller   The artist Juan Muñoz, who has died suddenly aged 48, was the most significant of the first  generation of artists to achieve maturity in post-Franco Spain, and one of the most complex and  individual artists working today. Muñoz has died at the height of his powers. Currently, his vast and daring installation Double Bind, the second in the Unilever commissions for the Turbine Hall, is on show at Tate Modern, London,  where it opened in June. In October, a mid-career retrospective of his work is due to open at the Hirschorn Museum in Washington DC, travelling to the Art Institute of Chicago and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/aug/30/guardianobituaries.arts Juan Muñoz A Retrospective Tate Modern: Exhibition 24 January – 27 April 2008 Spanish artist Juan Muñoz (1953–2001) came to international prominence in the mid 1980s with dramatic sculptural installations that placed the human figure in specific architectural environments. His reputation was built on his power to create an intriguing tension between the illusory and the real, the contrasting acts of looking and receiving, and the poignant isolation of the individual amongst a crowd. This exhibition includes well-known sculptures such as Many Times 1999, The Prompter 1988 and Conversation Piece 1996, the ‘raincoat drawings’, and important pieces with sound, light and mechanical elements. This is the first major solo retrospective of Juan Muñoz in the UK since Double Bind 2001, his remarkable installation for the Turbine Hall, the second in the Unilever Series at Tate Modern. Several performances took place during the exhibition, which are the result of Muñoz’s collaborations with well-known composers, writers and filmmakers. http://www.tate.org.uk/node/237096/rooms/default.shtm http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/juan-munoz-2336