Raúl Casassola

Raúl Casassola | Ciudad anonima #3

Raúl Casassola

Ciudad anonima #3, 2016

Tecnica mixta sobre papel encolado

100 x 140 cm

about Raúl Casassola

Madrid, 1982

Raúl Muñoz, “Casassola,” grew up in Móstoles, in the outskirts of Madrid, where from an early age he was attracted to the countercultural environment that developed in the neighbourhoods of labour origin during the 80s and 90s, especially the movements of urban art such as graffiti, punk and the most avant-garde culture: “I make art since I remember, I am interested in everything that has to do with human odyssey, I embrace with equal curiosity the excessive passions of the first loves, such as tragedy implicit of the social canteens ”. Since then he has participated in numerous collective exhibitions and urban art projects that have led him to visit numerous countries where his work is increasingly recognized, which has earned him large murals in different European cities and the African continent. It is worth mentioning his participation in Mulafest, Muros Tabacalera, CEART, FIG Bilbao, Naples Palace of Art, Conde Duque Madrid Center, Dakar Biennial of Art. Also, point out the multiple mentions and awards received, such as the recent Wurth Seguros Foundation Award (Camprovinarte). His work is present in both Public and Private Museums and Collections, which makes him one of the reference contemporary urban artists.

about the artist's works

Casassola performs its works based mainly on a line of interdependence, it can be recognized in its two lines of work: urban art (small and large format mural) and tangible work in conventional media, always on the premise of trends and disciplines that encompasses Street art and the intervention of spaces. His works address a social critique on issues such as ethics, globalization of the world, double standards, politics, etc., being evident in a kind of figurative expressionism where colour and gestures make up the message through the human figure: man and woman, recurring elements in his painting. He develops his work on paper, wood and other materials where the tangibility of urban art on supports adapted to the contemporary art market is shown. The "Trough the Looking Glass" series is made on the original mirrors of the old Spain Building (now a hotel in the centre of Madrid), thus charging its work an almost archaeological element in the search for the materialization of street art as a pictorial discipline 21st century contemporary.

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