Fátima de Juan Presents 'Pretty Thug' at L21 Gallery
On view in Palma, Spain until September 7.
Fátima de Juan is a Spanish artist best known for her striking pop-induced characters made using acrylic and spray paint. Seen throughout most of her paintings is a confident female character that developed as she used to graffiti on the streets, from the outskirts of her hometown of Palma to Canada.
Pretty Thug is a new solo exhibition at L21 Gallery that presents some of Fátima’s largest works to date. The title of the exhibition is inspired by a Mobb Deep song of the same name, along with the elongated and folkloric work of Robert Crumb.
Whether an alligator trapped in a doghouse or an amorphous dinosaur head centered as a shoe, mashup culture is a constant within her work — an unconscious flow that Francesco Giaveri described as a “carefree mix of styles and references, musical and plastic, distant from each other.”
The exhibition began last month and will be on view at L21 Gallery until September 7.
Elsewhere, Objects of Desire explores the interplay between fine art and commercial photography.
L21 S’Escorxador
Hermanos García Peñaranda 1A
07010 Palma
Islas Baleares, España
