Sixeart show at Subaquatica

Who is Sixeart?
Sixeart, as well as his origins and main references, comes from the 80’s and 90’s Barcelona Graffiti scene. However, during the last few years, his field of activity has opened and Sixeart has become progressively more professionalized expanding his creative work to paintings on canvas, illustration or sculpture as well as his recent collaborations with the fashion industry. This natural evolution, combined with a continued street activity, has made possible for the artist to particpate in many individual and collective art shows in different galleries and events. This exhibition in Subaquatica is, however, is first individual show in Madrid.

It’s now, when new techniques and forms of art in the streets, different from the classical Graffiti, has become a worldwide phenomenon, when Sixeart’s work seems to fit in with the current trends. But for those who have followed his work for some time now, it’s obvious that, despite its logical evolution, Sixeart’s work has never been too concerned with the latest hype and has always remained true to nothing but its own peculiar style while open to experimentation. His recurring characters, animals and children, have grown with the artist, defining a colorful but bittersweet universe, full of contrast. And only Sixeart knows how to get there and all we can hope for his that he keeps on bringing back those wonderful snapshots from his visits.
Text: Subaquatica.

Sixeart for Subaquatica: “Niños malos con flequillo” (Bad Kids with a Fringe, 2006).
For the past 4 years, I’ve been working on and off in different series of kids that I usually call “Bad Kids with a Fringe”. These “kids” have been to different places: A solo show with 25 paintings at the Laboratorio 22 Gallery, a 6 by 8 m mural painting at the La Santa Gallery, and more recently at the International BAC Festival (at the CCCB Art Center) with a 2 by 3 m painting, but always in Barcelona. In each one of these shows, the series has been evolving and this latest collection for Subaquatica is probably the best “kids” series that I’ve done so far.

“Niños malos con flequillo” comes from the inspiration that I get from the characters and night companions I’ve found in Barcelona intense nights. All of them have been recorded in my subconscious: Their faces, their fringes, those evil faces that actually hide a beautiful inner soul in all of them. Thus, this way, this series came to exist, through different techniques and approaches: Grafiiti, drawings or canvases.
Texto: Sixeart

January 25th, 2006 05:51pm Administrador