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拉法‧馬卡龍 Rafa MACARRON (Spanish, b.1981)

Sold for NT$4,400,000 at Ravenel on Dec 4, 2022.

Yellow painting with elongated cartoon-like figures, a ladder, and a small group of figures at right.

Lot description

寵物 Pets 簽名右下: RM 18 Signed lower right RM and dated 2018 “我不試圖將自己歸屬於任何類別或團體,繪畫和藝術只是我從小就在做的事情,我想一直用自己的語言做下去。” 拉法·馬卡龍 拉法·馬卡龍是西班牙馬德里藝術家,生於1981年。馬卡龍從小就沉浸在藝術氛圍中。他的父母是建築師,也是藝術收藏家。他從4歲就開始學習繪畫,整天拿著畫筆,課本上也畫滿了他童年的想像。他曾拜訪西班牙藝術家胡安·巴喬拉等知名藝術家的工作室。巴喬拉非常認可馬卡龍的繪畫天賦,鼓勵他不斷創作。正因如此,馬卡龍從未接受過系統的藝術訓練。他把藝術當作愛好,成為了一名自行車運動員和物理治療師,這兩份職業也為他日後的創作起了重要作用。 《寵物》創作於2018年,整幅作品色彩迷人、構圖和諧,飽滿又充滿活力的明黃色舖滿了整個畫面。藝術家大膽地將筆下人物變形,一個個看似誇張怪異卻有趣的人類和寵物(動物),扭曲變形的臉,球根狀的眼睛,細長的四肢,卻像卡通人一樣,長著一雙數不清手指的大手。藝術家用天馬行空的想像力,創造了一個天真又夢幻的宇宙,也將日常生活的瞬間變得夢幻、清新、又充滿奇趣。“我是個樂觀主義者,希望用作品告訴每個人,平凡瞬間裡,也有值得珍惜的快樂。 "I don't try to attribute myself into any category or group, painting and art are just things I have been doing since I was a child, and I want to keep doing it in my own language." Rafa Macarron Rafa Macarron is an artist from Madrid, Spain, born in 1981. Macarron has been immersed in the artistic atmosphere since childhood, his parents are architects and also art collectors. He has been learning to paint since he was 4 years old, holding paint brushes all day long, his textbooks are painted full with his childhood imagination. He has visited the studios of well-known artists such as Spanish artist Juan Barjola. Barjola recognized Macarron's talent for painting and encouraged him to create continuously. Therefore Macarron has never had systematic artistic training. He treated art as a hobby and became a cyclist and a physiotherapist, these two occupations have played an important role in his future creations. "Pet" was created in 2018, the entire work has charming colours and harmonious composition. The rich and vibrant bright yellow covers the whole picture. The artist boldly deforms the characters under his brushes, both mankind and pet (animals) look exaggerated and weird yet interesting, distorted faces, bulbous eyes, slender limbs, but like cartoon people, with a pair of big hands with countless fingers. The unrestrained imagination of the artist creates a naive and dreamy universe, which turns the moments of everyday life into fantasy, refreshing and full of wonder. "I am an optimist, I hope to use my works to tell everyone that in any ordinary moments, there are also joys that are worth cherishing."

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