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Nice, Matisse et moi

Arturo Prins

2020 • Spain • Acrylic, Oil on Canvas

59 x 59 in

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Arturo Prins

Spain

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Medium : Acrylic, Oil on Canvas
Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Dimensions : 59.1x59.1in

About this artwork

Like a psychedelic trippy, a lysergic acid, I owe this work to Matisse, and to Nice, to his Sun and strength. He had some reason to say that his light captivated him ... Here I stand with this work. I have come to Nice in the footsteps of Henri Matisse from Spain, a romantic movement, in search of a Nice that no longer exists, and with the purpose of seeking avant-garde and realizing it in my work under the light that Matisse considered the best… in the world . The light of Nice was his fire, and my work repeats that luminous, glowing, exciting contagion like its sea, but in my work under a metaphysical, erotic, and symbolic influence. It is not about imitating the French painter, but invoking his strength and stimulating "joie de vivre". The idea of making a series based on the strength, light and color of his work had been maturing for years and precisely in this 3-month confinement by the Coronavirus, I have found the ideal time to focus my forces on it. And so in this terrace of creation I have locked myself to create

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Arturo Prins

Spain

Credentials

Established Artist
International Exposure
Prizewinner
Favorited by galleries
Featured in gallery curations
Works on commission

« I wanted to be a pilot, but I ended up painting. Now I fly higher. »

Arturo Prins is an exciting Spanish artist whose style comes from a sensibility of play, discipline, freedom and rebellion, redoubled in a constant reinvention of himself. Thematically, Prins looks to delve into metaphysics, symbolism, esoteric cosmogony, while mixing in humor to soften the transcendent themes in his work. He also describes his work as being "nostalgic for the future, sometimes with a nod to the eclectic spiritualism between East and West."

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