CENTELLES

 

Gonzalo CENTELLES is a multifaceted artist who, despite his youth, has a wide experience of more than two decades. His main disciplines are painting and drawing, although he has also delved into sculpture created from the assembly of found objects, as well as traditional modeling sculpture using plaster, welded iron, ceramics and granite. Similarly, the artist develops a line of digital work. He also has musical interests that he puts into practice with his musical group, " The Lebowskis " .

His paintings have a unique and very personal style based, above all, on the observation of everyday scenes. The artist knows how to portray these situations with a certain irony and with a subtle sense of humor.

The characters and scenes portrayed are very varied and can range from situations in urban environments to beach scenes or characters from the rural world. These characters are sometimes depicted in an almost grotesque manner, exagerating certain details.

His style is as a cocktail that brings together various artistic trends to result in a work with a clear familiar tone. All of this is supported by a sometimes risky use of color, with an exhaustive game of chromatic interactions that catches the observer’s attention. Also noteworthy is his search for impossible perspectives that surprise for their audacity and courage.

Technically, Centelles has always been an artist with a great number of pictorial resources. But, by the same token, he has always been a very perfectionist artist with his own work and with a high level of self-demand that, at the same time, likes experimentation.

All this contributes to make the vision of his paintings very dynamic and surprising, as well as endearing.

Joan Carles Vicente. World gallery art director.