Countryside Art Print by Alexander Medel Calderón

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

Archival Pigment Print

31.2 × 21.7 in (79.2 × 55 cm)

250gsm, Epson® UltraSmooth fine art paper for true archival quality

Natural white, 100% cotton rag, hot press featuring an ultra smooth matte surface

Acid, lignin, and chlorine free, pH buffered

Epson® UltraChrome K3™ pigment ink technology

ARTIST BIO
Poppy, punchy, playful and irreverent; designer and illustrator Alexander Medel Calderón makes imagery for a millennial generation. The Santiago-based artist takes symbols from contemporary culture – bold, Word Art-esque typography and the European Union's omnipresent circle of golden stars, for example – and injects them with a bold and cheeky disdain to create a graphic language which is at once retro and defiantly modern.

Succulents fall from the sky; anthropomorphised circles and squares gaze confusedly at one another; bubbles burst, clouds drizzle, shapes stack Tetris-like in these curious compositions. Are those matches or drumsticks? Is that a mountain range or a heap of cocaine, forming a silhouette against a pale pink sky? Where does that ladder lead?

There aren't any answers, of course, but the absence of a narrative is part and parcel of Medel's candid and cocksure visual communication. One thing's for sure – there's not an artist out there who could do more to distill digital drama down into a smart, hilariously rude and strangely satisfying series, with little more than a primary palette, a scattering of circles and triangles, and a generous handful of impudence.

Chilean, b. Arica, Chile, based in Santiago de Chile

Countryside by Alexander Medel Calderón

Countryside by Alexander Medel Calderón

Countryside by Alexander Medel Calderón

Countryside by Alexander Medel Calderón

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