Description of the work

The ST work by the artist Benjamí Tous.

Technique: Lithography. Dimensions: 65x51 cm Edition: 13/25

Espai Cavallers Gallery.

BIO

Benjamí Tous (Almacelles, 1949) resident in Barcelona, is a multifaceted painter, a child who retains innocence, imagination and the ability to create fantastic worlds.

It is a true creative source, which has cultivated both large-format painting and comics. His way of understanding art is like a game, and there are so many records, that every day of the week he paints from a different personality and, with each one, he works with different styles, different colors and even signs the paintings with different typography.

He does not seek perfection but creativity with the aim of giving a plot sense to what he sees and hears.

An artistic schizophrenia, sought after, that allows you to study all possible styles, from the purest abstract to figurative watercolor. As an illustrator, Benjamí continues to publish his character Eloi in the magazine Nova Tàrrega, since 1971, and for a whole year, he published a daily strip, also of Eloi, in the Diari de Lleida.

He has also illustrated, among others, the book by the ornithologist Xavier Aixalà Los Ocells de les terres de Ponent (ed. Dilagro, 1987) and L'Escenari i la vida dels somnis, by the writer Josep M. Madern, (1998 and 2007, ed Natan).r my research and to find new opportunities for my PhD students.

INSPIRATION

"My passion for painting connected to my own life, always looking for beauty, pleasure and fun. Appreciate the painting for what it is, rather than what it represents."

Faithful student of Hernandez Pijuan, I always look for the simplicity of the line, the expression of the gesture  and the symbolism of the color. Fan of Frida Kahlo, like Twomly, Giotto like Banksy; I use the characters of my own comic, L Eloi, publishing it in a medium of Tarrega for more than 40 years, in a fresh and pictorial way; as pop artists would, with Michelin icons and geometric elements.

For more information on the ST work by the artist Benjamí Tous at Galeria Espai Cavallers.