Edgar Plans

EDGAR PLANS (Madrid, 1977).
"Work way in rutine cirty", 2010.
Mixed media and cardboard.
Signed, dated and titled in the lower margin.
Size: 26 x 47 cm; 63 x 84 x 4 cm (frame).
Edgar Plans' painting is defined by its deliberately naïff freshness, at the same time rooted in the best tradition of graffiti art. His expressive impetus brings him close to Basquiat. On this occasion, he has composed fragmented narratives with vigorous strokes in "assamblage", in the form of scraps. Symbolic palimpsests, semantic multiplicity and creative effervescence converge in this painting. In it, fantasy coexists with everyday reality. This is a painter who enjoys great acclaim at international events and on the art market, being one of the most sought-after young artists. According to the artist's own words: "Even as a very young child I have engraved in my memory the cocking of the keys of my father's typewriter (Juan José Plans, 1943-2014). In his studio he had a low table with four seats, and around it, while he was writing, I remember drawing with my brothers". His academic training began at the age of 15 when he started studying at the studio of the artist José María Ramos. Two years later, Plans opened his own studio, which had in turn been the studio of the artist Nicanor Piñole. Throughout his career he has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions, including Art Notes 019, Ainori Gallery, Lisbon, Wall Art Notes, Galería Miquel Alzueta, Barcelona, ArtWynwood. Casa Cuadrada Gallery, Art Paris Art Fair. Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Art New York. Cuadrada Gallery, Busan, Korea. Pigment Gallery in collaboration with Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Kiaf Art Fair. Pigment Gallery in collaboration with Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Art Taipei, Ting Ting art Space, London Art Fair. Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Juxtapoz magazine selection, Tales of art Gallery, Imola, Italy, Kiaf Art Fair. Pigment Gallery in collaboration with Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Art Miami. Miquel Alzueta Gallery. Currently his work can be found in numerous collections of great artistic relevance of particular character, and in relevant institutions such as; the Museum of Contemporary Art of Havana, Cuba, the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias, the Pinacoteca Eduardo Úrculo, the Illuro Foundation, Masters of Contemporary Art, the Laboral, Centre of Contemporary Art, the La Caixa Foundation, the Cristina Peterson Foundation, the Masaveu Foundation, and the Government of the Principality of Asturias, among many others.