Ángel de Soto

SERIES (2020)


URBANIGRAMAS

A series of works that, through the decontextualization of graffiti calligraphy, aims to create compelling and evocative compositions.

— PROJECT NAME

URBANIGRAMAS


— ROLE

Art

Art Direction

Photography


— DATE

2020

The technique used to create this work has been a fusion of analog and digital approaches.


This series involves the creation of writing using spray paint on medium-sized paper (30x20cm).


Subsequently, I proceeded to scan all the paintings in high resolution (specifically 1200 dpi), which would allow me to later enlarge and decontextualize the message, transforming characters or words into entirely abstract forms whose original meaning had been stripped away, but simultaneously taking on a new one.

The compositions aim to evoke a feeling in the viewer.








The series has been exhibited on three occasions in different galleries in Cuenca, Tarancón, and Madrid (Spain). Furthermore, it was recognized as a finalist in the 2020 Youth Art Contest of the city of Cuenca.


Later, these three additional works were added to the collection.

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Porsche 911 RWB

A collaboration was carried out with Jackem, a designer from the automotive world, who adapted the urbanigrams to the RWB Porsche 911 model, and this was the result.

An intriguing combination that blends the abstraction of calligraphy through graffiti, a contemporary expression, with the shapes and aerodynamics of this icon in the automotive world.