Work by Suso33, Pedro Paricio, Jorge Diezma, RC (Fran Bobadilla/Edoardo Casini) and Abigail Aguirre Araujo.
When: Fri, 14/10/2011 – Fri, 21/10/2011
Event Times: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Venue: The Halcyon Gallery (free admission)
Venue Details: 24 Bruton Street, W1J 6QQ
SUSO33, born in Madrid, is the precursor of experimentation with the language of graffiti as well as the pioneer of post-Graffiti in Spain. An inspiration and collaborator to graffiti heavyweights like Blu or Sixe, he is best known in Spain for introducing live action painting to the country. At present SUSO33 is totally devoted to his latest experimentation, what he calls Action Painting, where he uses the language of several artistic disciplines to create unique and enduring images in a ‘total performance’. Among his many awards, in 2010 SUSO33 received the PhotoEspaña Award for best work of videoart for his piece CRASH.
Read the interview with Suso33!
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Abstract painter Pedro Paricio was recently described by prominent art critic Juan Manuel Bonet, former Director of Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, as “the freshest thing in the emerging contemporary art world in 30 years”. Paricio is beginning to enjoy an international reputation following exhibitions throughout Spain since 2006, and Los Angeles in 2009. His paintings are in private collections in Europe and the US.
Perhaps the most definable characteristics of Paricio’s work are his unique use of paint and vibrant colour. Paricio grew up in the Canary Islands and moved to Barcelona in his twenties, where he has had a studio since 2004.
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Jorge Diezma (1973), Fine arts graduate, lives and works in London.
In his own words, his paintings take up again some of the themes present in traditional Spanish painting and can serve as a way to investigate the relationship, in painting, between the contemporary and the legacy of tradition.
Amongst his individual exhibitions are Cuadros Negros (Black Paintings) at Galería Todoyalavez (Barcelona, 2008); Pour le peuple de Paris at Passage souterrain, (Paris, 2006); On a negative trip at Galería Helga de Alvear (Madrid, 2000) or Public Parking at Galería 7514 BK (Enscheche, Netherlands, 1998); as well as collective exhibitions at Espacio Valverde (Madrid, 2007) or the exhibition hall of the New School University in New York with Revisioning Nature (2006).
He has also participated in ARCO (2006-2011), ZOO Art Fair (2008-2009), Volta (2008-2009) and Art Bassel Miami Beach (2009).
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The project ROSSOCULO, that ratifies the association between Fran Bobadilla and Edoardo Casini, tries to redefine the anatomy of the artist in a two-headed creature with four arms and four legs. This physiognomy against nature or, if you prefer, this bipolar personality, is reflected in the works, strengthening and increasing the tensions/permeations among the two painters , both from the stylistic point of view and from the iconographical one. While they are painting, the two artists do not confine themselves to look each other, they would like, on the contrary, recover touch and contact that is a dialectical proximity that can investigate the differences, explore the possibilities and overload therefore the works with energies and multiple meanINGS (Alberto Zanchetta).
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Abigail Aguirre Araujo has an extensive career in Spain where she has shown with the Alberto Cornejo Gallery in Madrid and has her graphic work published by the prestigious Taller del Prado.
Over the years Abigal has has her work shown at te IVAM in Valencia, and is part of the Wurth Collection.
In 2013 she will be part of the opening shows for the new Museum of Contemprary Art in Ibiza (MACE)
Abigail continues to establish her international reputation by showing continuously in the USA and Europe. This is her first UK exhibition.
