"There Is No Prayer That Can Abolish History" Original Artwork by Raul De La Torre

Description

Barcelona native artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to textiles. De La Torre allows … more 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 collaborates with the unexpected to create works that speak to the natures of dynamism and unity. 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 work. In his Fils I Colors series he attempts to find the third dimension through the use of different materials.

This colorful 15-inch high by 12-inch wide original artwork on canvas is framed in a natural wood frame, wired, and ready to hang. Size and price include frame. It is signed, dated, and titled by the artist on the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.

This artwork is part of de la Torre's Brooklyn Series, which he describes as, "inspired by Brooklyn: the people, the art, the colors, the textures, the poetry."

The interaction between the artist, gravity, and the paint is important for the final result. A tilting technique 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 feelings, places, and people. Some of them are embroidered forever in our memory turning to form part of our DNA. To represent the firmness and strength of that past the cotton is mixed with the paint in the works to form a unity.

Embroidery provides another layer as it creates thick shadows with organic shapes. De la Torre makes horizontal cuts on the canvas and covers these open areas using color matching cotton thread. When combined with light, these shapes create a more dynamic surface and offer different views of the work to various observers.

Raul de la Torre was born in Barcelona in 1964 and attended Massana Art School. About the Fils series, de la Torre remarks: “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's artworks can be found in the collections of The Four Seasons Abu Dhabi, the Tropicana Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, the Rothschild Family Collection, and varying Hilton properties. His works have been exhibited and collected worldwide.

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 CONTINENTE - Barcelona, Spain
2009 Hangar Gallery - Santa Monica, CA
2008- Hangar Gallery - Santa Monica, CA
2007 Bluebird art House- Whittier, CA
2007 Hangar Gallery - Santa Monica
2007 20/20 shows in Palm Springs organized by Blue Bird
2006 Bluebird art House – Whittier, CA
2005 Galerie Roland Hubsch - Luxembourg
2005 Galerie Bonarelli - Narbonne, France
2005 Galerie Friedricks - Kranenburg , Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Spotte Art, New York, NY
2015 Matthew Rachman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014/5 Petrossian, West Hollywood, CA
2013 Fresh Paint, Culver City, CA
2012 Launch, Los Angeles, CA
2010 City of Fontana – Art Depot – Experimenting the Color
2010 LACMA – Art Rental Sales Gallery
2009 Seyhoun Gallery - Fils I Colors - West Hollywood, CA
2009 Arthaus 66 Gallery - Ciutats - Albuquerque, New Mexico
2008 Bluebird Art House - Ciutats - Whittier, CA
2007 Bluebird art House - Vermell I negre - Whittier, CA
2006 Infusion Gallery - Mans i textures - Los Angeles
2006 Assunta Fox Gallery - Santa Ana, CA

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