Edgar Plans

EDGAR PLANS (Madrid, 1977).
"A facial anatomie", 2007.
Mixed media on canvas.
Signed, titled and dated in the lower left corner and on the back.
What can be seen on the back are traces of paint and matter.
Certificate of authenticity attached.
Measurements: 120 x 120 cm.
In this painting, the artist presents a portrait in the purest abstract style. The way in which he composes his "facial anatomy" reminds us of Basquiat, to whom he winks by placing his iconic crown in the upper right corner. The way of composing the portrait also reminds us of the aforementioned artist, as he divides the face into several quadrants and each one of them gives us different information, even writing which part of the face it represents. The artist's exercise goes beyond the main image, conceiving the work as a whole, in which the sides or edges, and the back of the canvas, are also part of the painting.
Following the words of the artist himself; "Even as a 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, 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, 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, the La Caixa Foundation, the Cristina Peterson Foundation, the Masaveu Foundation, and the Board of the government of the Principality of Asturias, among many others.