Skip to main content
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9

Marc Gonz
Foam Thai

2023

$3,829.45
$4,786.8120% Off
£2,844.64
£3,555.8020% Off
€3,200
€4,00020% Off
CA$5,282.99
CA$6,603.7420% Off
A$5,807.46
A$7,259.3320% Off
CHF 3,052.14
CHF 3,815.1720% Off
MX$70,523.74
MX$88,154.6820% Off
NOK 38,074.63
NOK 47,593.2820% Off
SEK 36,073.03
SEK 45,091.2920% Off
DKK 24,360.06
DKK 30,450.0720% Off

About the Item

Most of Marc Gonz's recent works are portraits or fragments of human faces: we recognize the shape, see ears, noses and lips of figures that look like young men. What is striking about all these works is that behind each of these layers of colored paint we can repeatedly discover a human eye as a kind of underlying, central point. It is the only part of the canvas that seems to have been spared from the aggressive splashes of color. It is as if the person portrayed is looking at us from this virgin place, from underneath the various layers. It is a human eye, buried by the overdose of paint.  The person portrayed seems to hide behind a bizarre colorful burden of a mask. The works seem unwilling to reveal their true soul. The artist sometimes describes his works as "winks of foam”. By a "wink" we mean a blink, the rapid opening and closing of an eye, to greet the viewer and give him a sense of complicity. It is as if from behind each work someone is looking at us, seeming to want to answer our curiosity, yet observing us from behind its protective colorful camouflage.   Marc's works are clearly portraits of people we identify as anonymous, adolescent or younger men. Sometimes he betrays their origins ("Thai eye"/"Candy man"). They often look a bit like clowns with cone-shaped Pierrot hats on their heads. They seem innocent and friendly freaks that emerge from the artist's imagination. The shape of their heads and their entire faces are covered in color, as if a giant, colorful birthday cake was thrown in their faces. The excessive amount of paint does indeed resemble a colored cake and reminds us of the famous Laurel & Hardy movie "The battle of the Century" in which more than 3,000 whipped cream cakes were used in an epic cake fight. The figure of the comedian and the clown is a melancholic personnage: at the same time victim of accidents and reason for our laughter. They are tragicomic beings whose lives are made up of laughter and tears. We find the same kind of personnages with the filmmaker David Lynch : the main characters of "The elephant Man" and "Eraserhead" are the same kind of melodramatic and strange peronnages. Indeed, the contours of their monstrous appearance can be somewhat compared to the faces of Marc staring at us.
  • Creator:
    Marc Gonz (1973, Spanish)
  • Creation Year:
    2023
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23.63 in (60 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 5.91 in (15 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    60x60Price: $4,787
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    BARCELONA, ES
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1988214149442

More From This Seller

View All
Thai Eye
Located in BARCELONA, ES
MARC GONZ   THE HIDDEN GAZE     When confronted with the universe of Marc Gonz, we discover creations that seem to be the result of a working session of a hy...
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Thai Eye
$3,350 Sale Price
20% Off
Wink Foam
Located in BARCELONA, ES
MARC GONZ   THE HIDDEN GAZE     When confronted with the universe of Marc Gonz, we discover creations that seem to be the result of a working session of a hyperactive action painter ...
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Wink Foam
$3,350 Sale Price
20% Off
Free Shipping
Cake Sugar
Located in BARCELONA, ES
MARC GONZ   THE HIDDEN GAZE     When confronted with the universe of Marc Gonz, we discover creations that seem to be the result of a working session of a hyperactive action painter ...
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cake Sugar
$2,872 Sale Price
20% Off
Free Shipping
Foam Eye
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Gonz's work is characterized by his ability to present us with a distorted version of reality. Through the use of matter and color, he manages to create images that challenge our per...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Foam Eye
$3,829 Sale Price
20% Off
Free Shipping
Fractal Nature
Located in BARCELONA, ES
MARC GONZ   THE HIDDEN GAZE   When confronted with the universe of Marc Gonz, we discover creations that seem to be the result of a working session of a hyperactive action painter wh...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberglass

Cake Nature
Located in BARCELONA, ES
MARC GONZ   THE HIDDEN GAZE   When confronted with the universe of Marc Gonz, we discover creations that seem to be the result of a working session of a hyperactive action painter wh...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

You May Also Like

Untitled II (Original)
Located in Toronto, ON
40" x 40" Unframed Original - Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by Yanelis Reynaldo Carson
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Untitled
$2,875
Free Shipping
Untitled
By Alexander Ross
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Ross Untitled, 2022 Oil on canvas 57 x 51 inches 144.8 x 129.5 cm Signed and dated (verso) -- Best known for his mysterious biomorphic paintings...
Category

2010s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
By Alexander Ross
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Ross Untitled, 2022 Oil on canvas 46 x 40 inches 116.8 x 101.6 cm Signed and dated (verso) -- Best known for his mysterious biomorphic paintings...
Category

2010s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
By Alexander Ross
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Ross Untitled, 2021 Oil on canvas 58 x 50 inches 147.3 x 127 cm Signed and dated (verso) -- Best known for his mysterious biomorphic paintings...
Category

2010s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Farrokh Mahdavi (b. 1970, Tehran, Iran) is amongst the cutting edge painters of his generation in Iran, with his work being shown in over thirty exhibitions in Iran and abroad. Farrokh's works are easily distinguished with their unique pink hue and recognizable technique. As he once said about his portraits, Farrokh aims to reach “a more material meaning” by “omitting the impurities”, defamiliarization of known facial elements, and crossing over “cliché definitions”. Farrokh Mahdavi's work has been presented at the Iranian...
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic