Roberto Fonfria

Dad was a corporate dadaist. Mixed Media Collage

2024

Set of 2 Artworks 2024 by Roberto Fonfría Mixed Media Collage (acrylic, china marker, archival polyester film, thread) on Bristol acid free paper Overall size: 17 in. H x 28 in. W In...

Presidential Fold Illusions, 2024 by Roberto Fonfría Mixed Media Collage (canvas, acrylic gel, china marker, archival polyester film, thread) on Bristol acid free paper Image size: 1...

Experimentation with different materials, textures and techniques in each of his paintings has been a point of discovery and a major part of Raul de la Torre’s artwork. In his Fils I Colors series of works, he attempts to find the third dimension through the use of different materials. This colorful mixed media artwork is painted with acrylic on paper. After painting, the artist cuts holes in the paper which he embroiders over with the exact color thread. This original artwork measures 37 inches high by 30 inches wide. This artwork is framed in a modern white frame, the price and size include the frame. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable U.S. and global shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Initially, he removed paint from the artistic equation by slicing the works, combining canvas and paper with selected materials. Gradually, the slicing gained more importance, a reflection, perhaps, of his increased desire to be more aggressive. Embroidery provides another element as it creates thick shadows with organic shapes. When combined with light, these shapes offer different views of the work to various observers. The interaction between the artist, gravity, and the paint is important for the final result. The technique attempts to eliminate the absolute imprint of the artist’s hand. This permits the paint to be a major architect of the final result, giving it a life of its own. It results in infinite and timeless color combinations. In many cases, the different layers of color each represent a temporary state of mind, time, and even places and people. “FILS I COLORS is an attempt to find life, movement and parts that are not static, that change in their interaction with the observer. The different combinations of colors represent different emotions and interpretations for each individual interacting with the works.” – Raul de la Torre The major motivation for the idea behind his series of city artworks “CIUTATS” was Raul’s city, Barcelona, and it's particular infrastructure and architecture which are unique among the cities of the world and which are easily recognizable. His personal attraction to the great cities of the world and the urban life was a true incentive. In this series he portrays the different aspects of the cities as a human creation with their different levels of physical and social existence. “Man created the city and in turn the city has molded the actions and ideas of the human race. I have intended to mold the city, to create my city, to put in order the urban chaos in a reduced physical space, Forget that the cities in which we live have been formed with asphalt, cement, human misery, forgotten revolutions, buried bones and transform them into a conglomeration of texture and color put onto the frontier of canvas and paper.” - Raul de la Torre Artspace Warehouse has been representing and exhibiting Raul de la Torre's original artworks since 2010. The gallery has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of affordable original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artspace Warehouse is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023 "Credible Thread", Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2022 "Clarifying Color", Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2021 825 Gallery, West Hollywood, CA 2021 Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA 2019 Affordable Art Fair New York 2019 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2019 Merritt Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2019 Art Project Paia, Maui, Hawaii 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2015 Art Project Paja, Maui, HI 2015 Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2015 FP Contemporary, Culver City, CA 2015 Off Ramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA 2015 Love Art Fair Toronto, Canada 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2015 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA 2015 LA Art Fair – Artspace Warehouse – Los Angeles, CA 2014 Red Dot Art Fair – Artspace Warehouse – Miami, FL 2014 Art Toronto – Artspace Warehouse - Canada 2014 Houston Fine Art Fair – Artspace Warehouse - TX 2014 Love Art Fair Toronto – Artspace Warehouse - Canada 2014 AAF New York – Artspace Warehouse - NY 2014 LA Art Fair – Los Angeles, CA 2013 825 Gallery – Out There 2013 - West Hollywood 2013 Bluprint Green Gallery – Modernism - Palm Springs, CA 2013 Gallery Y – Collaboration of Circles and Lines – Los Angeles, CA 2012 825 Gallery – Out There 2012 - West Hollywood, CA 2012 Artspace Warehouse – Los Angeles, CA 2012 Bruce Lurie Gallery – Los Angeles, CA 2012 Launch – Artpad San Francisco, CA 2012 825 Gallery – GEM 2012- West Hollywood 2012 Launch – Los Angeles Art Show 2012 2012 825 Gallery – Versus – West Hollywood 2011 Artspace Warehouse - Colors – Los Angeles 2011 Venice Art Walk and Auction – Venice Beach, CA 2011 Cobalt Studio – In Stitches – Chicago, IL 2011 Launch – Merry Karnowsky Gallery – Solid Stripes - Los Angeles, CA 2010 825 Gallery - Aurora - West Hollywood, CA 2010 Fresh Paint Gallery - Gathering - Culver City, CA 2010 Jon Frum Art Foundation – The Strongest of the Strange - Los Angeles, CA 2010 825 GALLERY - OUT THERE - West Hollywood 2010 VENICE ART WALK AND AUCTION - Venice Beach, CA 2010 825 GALLERY - GEM 2010 - West Hollywood 2010 GALERIA GERALDES DA SILVA - Colectiva de artistas espanhois - Porto, Portugal 2010 ARENA-1 GALLERY – Santa Monica, CA 2010 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR PURO ARTE - Vigo, Spain 2009 ART VERSUS WALLS - Berlin, Germany 2009 ARENA-1 GALLERY - Santa Monica, CA 2009 GODO GALLERY - Highly Toxic - Glendale, CA 2009 SEYHOUN GALLERY - EUROPE NOW 2009 ROBERT DANIEL GALLERY - Tacoma, Washington 2009 Curator of the show "Europe meets America", Seyhoun Gallery 2009 SEYHOUN GALLERY - FREE IRAN – Los Angeles 2009 825 GALLERY - OUT THERE - West Hollywood 2009 SEYHOUN GALLERY - Los Angeles 2009 EL SEXTO...

Barcelona native artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to textiles. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collabor...