Henri Matisse was a 20th-century French painter and sculptor known for his contribution to the modern art movement called Fauvism and for being an important precursor of Abstract Expressionism. know more about Henri Matisse in this article.
In the last years, Edgar Plans gained much popularity, due to his “Hero Animals”—dressed in colorful capes, masks, and expressive large eyes—which communicate the artist's observations on socio-political issues. know more about Edgar Plans here.
Javier Calleja's work is as sarcastic as it is sensitive. His portraits depict stylized figures with exaggerated heads and large, melting eyes, reminiscent of manga or anime characters. Discover more aboutJavier Calleja here.
For Albert Bonet, art is a channel of expression that serves to shape feelings and ideas, using any field for that. know more aboutAlbert Bonet at P55.ART.
Javier Ruiz is an emerging contemporary artist who has been developing his work around human relationships. Through his practice, the artist questions himself about what humans would be like without the influence of politics, culture and religion. Learn more about the artist here.
Ellen Kooi's photography investigates a multifaceted confrontation between man and nature, between each person and their surroundings, a complex and conflicting relationship that today is being redefined as never before and is ripe for reinvention. Learn more about Ellen Kooi here.
Takashi Murakami is a contemporary Japanese artist known for his uniquely styled works that combine Japanese pop culture and traditional Japanese art. She has been working with different media, from paintings, sculptures and has even developed collaborations with the fashion and entertainment industries. In addition to his craft as a visual artist, he also manages Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., an art and event production company.
Amedeo Modigliani was an Italian artist, who was born in 1884, in Livorno, Italy, and died in 1920, in Paris. In the art world, he became known for his portrait paintings, which are characterized by long, elegant faces, with large, expressive eyes, for his paintings of nude figures full of simplicity and sensuality, and finally, for his sculptures, mainly in plaster. Learn more about Amedeo Modigliani here.
Pedro Cabrita Reis was born in 1956 in Lisbon, where he currently lives and works. His work was increasingly recognized internationally, thus becoming crucial and decisive for the understanding of sculpture from the mid-1980s onwards. His work encompasses a wide variety of media – painting, sculpture, photography and drawing. Learn more about the Portuguese artist.
Robert Mapplethorpe is known for his magnificent black and white portraits, which challenge his audience. Robert Mapplethorpe's career blossomed in the 1980s with commercial projects, creating album covers for Patti Smith and the band Television, as well as a series of portraits and party photos for Interview Magazine. After being diagnosed with AIDS (AIDS) in 1986, he accelerated his creative efforts and carried out increasingly ambitious projects. In 1988, a year before his death, he had his first major exhibition at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
Girl With Balloon by banksy is one of the most popular works by the British artist. This image has become a symbol as it appears on walls, online and even on the arm of famous Canadian singer Justin Bieber who tattooed it on his arm in 2014. The English artist Banksy, anonymously, created his own language on the streets of the world, through the stencil It's from graffiti. His works are easily identifiable by their graphic language and their own characteristics. Children, policemen, rats or monkeys are some of the figures that the artist uses. Deeply figurative, these stencils critically address various social and political issues such as consumerism, political authority and terrorism. Currently, he is one of the most recognized and admired contemporary artists among the younger generations. Discover 10 facts about Girl With Balloon here.
He is one of the most important artists of our time, who has been dazzling the public with his immersive installations “Infinity Mirror Rooms” with an aesthetic that embraces light, polka dots and pumpkins. know more aboutYayoi Kusama in this article.
Most often, LGBTQ+ pride is shared with the rainbow symbol. While the rainbow signals shared identity, community and allegiance, lived experiences transcend symbols and slogans. In this pride month, P55.ART highlights artists whose work crosses the rainbow, in recognition that despite increased representation, many aspects of the queer experience are still invisible or one-dimensional.
Considered the most important Spanish artist of the second half of the 20th century, Antoni Tapies became known for his mixed media paintings that incorporated marble dust, found objects and resin.His highly textured and tactile paintings were influenced by his experience of the politics and environment of the war and the post-war state of the Spanish government.