First arrives to Barcelona the work of acclaimed painter and sculptor of Neo Pop, Romero Britto. As of September 9, all who come to Hotel Silken Diagonal will enjoy the powerful and colorful vibrant strokes known as “the famous portrait”.
This Brazilian painter, based in Miami, has had the opportunity to portray characters of European royalty, as the Duke of Cambridge, and Queen of Spain, or Infanta Leonor, as well as leading figures from the worlds of politics, the president of USA, Barak Obama, or artists like Madonna, Julio Iglesias and Roger Federer.
Romero Britto, regarding Neo Pop Art today draws on sources of very important artists of the Pop Art as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Keith Haring and is influenced by the historical avant-garde Cubism of Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and Henri Matisse.
For the first time, the locals will enjoy the work of this international artist, born in a favela in Rio de Janeiro city of Recife. Thus, Barcelona will join the long list of cities in the last 20 years have displayed pictures of Romero Britto across five continents. His work has hung in major museums and galleries such as the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, the Opera Gallery in New York, the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid and the Museum of Fine Arts Sichuan Lu Xun in Beijing. In addition, his sculptures filled with joy in the streets of cities like Miami, London-Hyde Park, Berlin or New York.
This exhibition at the Hotel Silken Diagonal is part of a cycle of 11 samples Pop Gallery organizes Silken Hotels. Stresses in this sample of Pop Gallery 11 Gallery, the painting “Blue”. This work corresponds to the beginning of Romero Britto, a stage in which the artist used the newspapers of his native Recife as a canvas. This is the portrait of a woman in blue, dates from 1984 and is the only available to the public since the other views that exist in this table are in private collections.
The head of Pop Gallery 11, Paola Casha, Romero Britto described as “the successor of pop art, which keeps the rebellious force of his predecessors against injustice and superficiality of society, but this time without irony, without mockery. Achieve discard negative forms giving way to an art full of joy. It teaches us to change the world by drawing on the best human being, there is no complaint, only action”.
Britto’s work is not limited to painting and sculpture, also produced murals, advertising campaigns for companies, furniture, dishes, clothes and even cars. Among the collectors of the artist is great figures of the global picture, Giorgio Armani, Gloria Estefan, the Swedish Royal Family, Michael Jordan, Elton John, Oprah Winfrey, the art historian Eileen Guggenheim, and Bill Clinton, among others.
More information about Roberto Britto: http://www.britto.com/