EDGAR PLANS (Madrid, 1977) for Lorena Canals.
"Wall notes", 2021. and Sensory Book.
Carpet. Edition of 100 copies.
Hand-woven wool.
Sensorial book. Limited edition of 200 copies.
Measurements: 170 x 245 cm.
The "Wall notes" rugs are works of textile art, whose brushstrokes are materialized with colored wool yarns woven on recycled cotton canvas. It is a unique and original work resulting from the collaboration of the artist Edgar Plans and the Lorena Canals brand.
Plans and Canals' collaboration also comes to life through the pages of the limited edition textile book "Libro Sensorial" (Sensory Book). The book narrates in textile illustrations the collaborative process by which Lorena Canals turned Edgar Plans' characters (animal heroes) into a collection of fun washable wool rugs and cotton knitted cushions, designed for children's decoration. A sort of textile scrapbook, totally handmade, it includes miniature rugs, embroidered phrases of the characters, design sketches and even a removable hand-stitched superhero mask.
Edgar Plans is an artist with an up-and-coming career, enjoying great acclaim at international events and in the art market. 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 seats, four of them, and around it, while he was writing I remember drawing with my brothers." His academic training began at the age of 15 when he began studying at the studio of artist José María Ramos. Two years later, Plans, he opened his own studio, which had in turn been the studio of the artist Nicanor Piñole. Throughout his career he has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including Art Notes 019, Ainori Gallery, Lisbon, Wall Art Notes, Miquel Alzueta Gallery, 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 is in numerous collections of great artistic relevance of particular character, and in relevant institutions such as; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Havana, Cuba, the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias, the Pinacoteca Eduardo Úrculo, the Illuro Foundation, Masters of Contemporary Art, the Laboral, Contemporary Art Center, La Caixa Foundation, the Cristina Peterson Foundation, the Masaveu Foundation, and the Board of the government of the Principality of Asturias, among many others.