Kaleidoscope Urban - Contemp o r a r y co lo u r fr o m t h e s treets of Spain
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Kaleidoscope ‘Kaleidoscope’ exhibits twelve hand-selected artists that have helped create, inspire and lead the Urban - Contemporary Art movement in Spain over the past ten years. The collection analyses the influences, patterns and trends that can be found in Spanish street art and how their culture, location and heritage have helped develop their truly unique and international voice. A display of photographs additionally documents a selection of the artists’ exterior works and allows us to comprehend the journey from city streets to that of their setting on the surrounding gallery walls.
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Z OSE N B a r c el on a
Although now an integral name of the Barcelona street art scene, Zosen was born in Buenos Aires, immigrating to Spain in his early teens. His trademark geometric patterns and symbols, painted in vibrant neons and often on a monumental scale, are instantly recognisable and offer a playful social criticism, expressing the anti-authoritarian spirit of his early days in the punk movement.
Z OSE N 1 El Arbol de la Vida (The Tree of Life) Acrylic on canvas 122 x 122 cm £ 2,050 2 Zosen & Pelucas déjà vu Acrylic on canvas 81 x 100 cm £ 1,600
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OK U D A s a n ta n d er
Okuda, born in Santander, is considered a touch-bearer for the Spanish Pop Surrealist movement while maintaining a clear essence of urban art practices. His work is heaped heavy with meaning, raising and high-lighting contradictions in ideas of existentialism, the universe, the infinite and the false freedoms of Capitalism.
OK U D A 1 Caracol de plastico Acyrlic on wood panel 50 x 70 cm £ 1,375 2 Retrato artifical Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 70cm £ 1,375
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F EL I PE PA N TON E Va l en c ia
Felipe Pantone, AKA Pant, lives and works in Valencia. Fusing his strong understanding of composition with his incredible control of urban art techniques and practices, Pantone has forged a style unlike any other. His hyperfuturistic geometric forms utilise negative space and clearly reference imagery of an increasingly digital age.
F EL I PE PA N TON E 1 Optichromie IV Spray paint on wood panel 105 x 125 cm £ 2,200 2 Dynamichrome 1 Spray paint & pen on 270gr. watercolour paper 100 x 70 cm £ 850 3 Dynamichrome II Spray paint & pen on 270gr. watercolour paper 100 x 70 cm £ 850
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N U R I A M ORA M a d rid
Nuria Mora is based in Madrid and is now well known for her large-scale abstract murals. Colourful and geometric, they pop up on walls around the world, adding art to sides of building’s exterior surfaces that often appear rundown. She works with the textures and shapes of the facades and makes each design appear tailor-made, referencing her surroundings.
N U R I A M ORA 1 Sidi Crash I Acrylic on paper 110 x 75 cm £ 1,750 2 Sidi Crash II Acrylic on paper 110 x 75 cm £ 1,750
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K EN OR B a rc el on a
Up until 2000 Kenor was focussed on more traditional urban art, obsessed with typography, logos, and textual experimentation. Yet, as the Barcelona movement gathered pace, Kenor found himself wrapped up within the changes, forming designs which functioned as “parallel worlds, dreams, hopes, illusions, questions, options and exits�.
K EN OR 1 Genesis Mix Media on canvas 130 x 97 cm £ 2,280 2 Genesis II Mix Media on canvas 100 x 100 cm £ 2,275 3 Overdose Mix Media on canvas 195 x 130 cm £ 4,900
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M U RON E C a n a ry is l a n d s
Murone is an illustrator, graphic designer and mural artist, painting on the streets for over ten years. In 2010 he was awarded the LAUS of design and communication by FAD’s Graphic Designers and Art Directors National Association. He has exhibited his work in numerous cities such as New York, London, Barcelona, Lisbon, Berlin, Madrid and Miami, and has taken part in many others in Los Angeles, Dakar, San Francisco or his hometown of Bilbao. He defines his work as an acid combination of pop elements where graphic design and illustration collide, explode and get mixed, resulting in murals that reflect his aesthetic passions.
M U RON E Gracity Diptych Acrylic on canvas 260 x 160 cm £ 6,500
S POK m a d rid
Spok’s interest in painting started at the early age of 11, allowing a slow, organic evolution and development of style. As a result Spok has mastered a number of different mediums such as illustration, mural, decoration, even stretching into more formal and academic painting techniques. Best known for his hyper-realistic style and large-scale compositions, Spok often utilises humour to establish a strong dialogue and connection with the viewer.
S POK 1 Reflexions about graffiti I Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm £ 2,550 2 Reflexions about graffiti II Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm £ 2,550
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B TO Y B a r c el on a
Andrea Michaelsson is a multi-faceted artist better known by her street artist name, Btoy. Born in 1977 in Barcelona, a hotspot for urban creativity, she was exposed from an early age to the artists from Sweden, France, England, as well as many other cities, who flocked to this urban hub to work. Surrounded by so many international influences, step by step Btoy developed and cultivated her style. She is now best known for her exquisitely fine stencil compositions that allow her to travel the world on the back of an ever increasing demand for her commissioned mural works.
B TO Y 1 Caiguda Castells Stencil and oil on canvas 130 x 90 cm £ 3,140 2 D’Estat a Nacio Stencil and acrylic on canvas 115 x 90 cm £ 2,550 3 Strange Fruit Stencil, screenprint and acrylic on canvas 130 x 90 cm £ 3,140
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T XEMY c a n a ry is l a n d s
Born in Chile in 1981, Txemy moved to the Canary Islands after just one year, where he was later to forge his artistic style. You only have to take a glance at his work to realise the significance of colour. His compositions can initially seem to make no sense, however, when finished, you can clearly perceive a strong essence of purpose and meaning. Txemy creates his work from observing everything and everybody around him, turning the ordinary in to the extraordinary with an explosion of colour.
T XEMY 1 J贸dete I Spray paint on canvas 130 x 97 cm 拢 3,120 2 J贸dete II Spray paint on canvas 130 x 97 cm 拢 3,120
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PE Z B a rc el on a
Pez, literally ‘fish’ in Spanish, started painting in 1999 on the outskirts of Barcelona. Initially tagging his work with his name, his signature soon evolved into a fish. While searching for a universal language to communicate positivity with his audiences, he found the smile to be a powerful motif and, by simply applying this to his existing imagery, the iconic and infectious characters of El Pez were born. In a few years his artwork spread throughout Barcelona, and soon he began to travel to paint the walls of other European cities. His subsequent rapid rise to international recognition he credits to his perseverance in the street and the straight and universal language of the smile.
PE Z 1 Vida La Vida / Vida la moNOTONIA Diptych Acrylic on wood panel 100 x 100 cm £ 2,225 2 Divercity Spray paint on Canvas 100 x 100 cm £ 2,275 3 Escaping from the Network Spray paint on canvas 100 x 100 cm £ 2,275
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D E M SK Y ELC H E
Demsky was born in Elche, Spain. Since discovering graffiti in the early 90’s, he has spent over 15 years developing, executing and refining a distinctive style. Demsky is now considered to be one of Europe’s graffiti giants for his pure versatility and attention to detail. From a small town filled with palm trees, he was not content with simply painting within the confines his city and surrounding areas and made it his mission to, piece by piece, ‘fill the world with colour’. Demsky has a rare ability to transcend styles effortlessly whilst bringing a unique edge to his work that makes him memorable in a movement where the competition is fierce.
D E M SK Y 1 Jupiter 8 Spray paint on wood 120 x 90 x 10 cm £ 3,250 2 Laserflex Mixed media on plexyglass 85 x 36.5 cm £ 700
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URIGINAL B a r c el on a
Growing up in the shadow of Barcelona’s great cathedral, the direct influence of Gaudi’s mosaics is clearly evident in the geometric compositions of Uriginal’s work. His witty reinvention of recognisable iconography from both modern and classical art history stretch from Marvel comics to the traditional works of the French Impressions.
URIGINAL 1 surrender Acrylic on canvas 100 x 81 cm £ 1,650 2 la revolución es el opio de los intelectuales Acrylic on canvas 110 x 140 cm £ 2,900
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Murone & Txemy 1 Universal Weapons I Ink and spray paint on paper 100 x 70 cm ÂŁ 800 - framed 2 Universal Weapons II Ink and spray paint on paper 100 x 70 cm ÂŁ 800 - framed
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PR I N TS
Kenor 1 Polyrythmic Beats 42 cm x 42 cm Signed and numbered Archival Pigment Print on 310gsm fine art paper £ 175 2 Chain Reaction 43.5 cm x 33 cm £ 175
Zosen 3 Neo fauvismo Signed and numbered 3 colour silk screen 35 x 50 cm £ 150
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