Who is Albert Bonet?
Albert Bonet (Riba-Roja d'Ebre, Tarragona, 1996) graduated artistically from the Barcelona Academy of Arts. He was selected in the DKV Fresh Art Young Art Competition, where he received an honorable mention at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2015).
For Albert Bonet, art is a channel of expression that serves to give shape to feelings and ideas, using any field to do so. The message that passes through his works is his point of view on the environment that surrounds us. A harsh reality that he gives nuances of social criticism and transforms into everyday pop art.
Albert Bonet's creative process
Albert Bonet states that his creative process: “always starts with an idea, which I might have walking down the street or at a colleague's house, and then I mature that idea for a few weeks, giving it shape, drawing a lot, and then I find models, which are always people around me, my colleagues or people close to me, I do a photo session with them and then edit these photos until I create a photo montage very close to the idea I initially had, always taking it to my territory, adding social criticism, which, given the state of things in the world, requires a lot of work. The last step is to paint in oils, shape it, take the oils and lock yourself in the house until the idea comes to fruition.”
In an interview with Art Madrid he talks about his inspiration: “When it comes to creating, what inspires me most is my surroundings, my entire surroundings. The places I frequent, the objects I use daily in my home, my friends, the houses of my companions, the city where I live, the cities I visit most often, everything that surrounds me. My everyday life is what inspires me when I create.”
Graffiti, Tattoo and Oil Painting
Albert Bonet is a multidisciplinary artist who started out in graffiti and tattooing, and these two disciplines contributed to his work as a painter, as the artist stated: “Graffiti, tattooing and painting are artistic facets that complement each other perfectly because you can apply concepts from one to another. In the end, they all have an individual magic that fulfills me a lot and I don’t want to stop doing any of them.” Currently, the technique he feels most comfortable with is oil, mainly because of its versatility.
Winner of the International Painting Prize in the Realism category at the last edition of FIABCN (Barcelona International Art Fair), Albert Bonet's work is characterized by an acidic social criticism inspired by his closest environment. Through this interpretation of the world around him, this young artist shows conceptual and technical maturity, which influences his work by playing with POP themes and a markedly realistic style.
