Artwork information

Category

Sculpture

Material

Wood

Date

2012

Dimensions

89 cm x 69 cm x 84 cm

Signature

Signed

State of conservation

Very good

Location

Chicago, United States

Description

El Lobo de Gubbio, Aryz, 2012

Wooden sculpture
Dimensions: 35 × 27 × 33 in (H × W × D) / 89 × 69 × 84 cm

A wolf laughing out loud, hands clasped in prayer, frozen in a strange humanity. With El Lobo de Gubbio, Aryz subverts the codes of traditional sculpture to create a figure that is both burlesque and spiritual: a humanized dog in a buttoned shirt and oversized grin, oscillating between caricature and mysticism.
First exhibited in 2013 at Style is the Limit at Fifty24SF Gallery in San Francisco, this work embodies the visual power and biting humor of Aryz, a key figure in contemporary street art.

Provenance

Acquired directly by the present owner from Fifty24SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

The artist

Painter

Aryz

Emerging artistEmerging artist
Painter
Born in 1988
Spain

Bio

Spanish artist Aryz was born in 1988 in Palo Alto, USA. Octavi Serra Arrizabalaga, his real name, was only three years old when his parents moved to Barcelona and then to Cardedeu, Catalonia, where he still lives today.

It was here that the artist discovered a stimulating art scene and graffiti, which he experimented with at an early age. Now a painter and illustrator, Mr. Aryz defines himself more as a “painter who uses the street as a medium” than as a street artist per se.

A specialist in monumental art, Aryz takes over the world with his large, pastel-colored artistic figures, whose attitudes are sometimes poetic, sometimes introspective. In any case, they leave no one indifferent. The painter is known for subtly blending different painting techniques and styles: his art brings together vibrant colors and imaginary atmospheres evoking those of science fiction and playing between surrealism and Pop Art.

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