Urban Art Association

Love this one.

I'm sorry to say that I feel the opposite.
Like most, I thought the Cookie Monster piece from dismalland was fabulous. I haven't seen a piece since that I like anywhere near as much. There are so many other artists whose work excites me much more. Not doubting the talent. Simply, the paintings shared here do little for me. Good luck to everyone who loves his work, though.

The pics are long ...

looking to purchase another Paco Pomet original - interested in works on canvas or paper. Not interested in prints, thanks.

If you have anything you're looking to part with please drop me a PM.

Cheers

Christian M Walter, Managing Director of Taller de Serigrafía, was named a FESPA Gold award winner in the ‘Original Serigraphies and Giclées’ category.

At the FESPA 2016 event in Amsterdam, printers from all over the world once again took part in the 2016 competition in the screen printing and digital imaging section. In 15 different categories, printed works from all over the world were brought together, compared and classified based on the quality of the printing

Christian M Walter’s screen printing workshop in Granada, Spain, was the entry that came away with the top prize in the category of Original Serigraphies and Giclées’ for a screen print by Andalusian artist Paco Pomet.

‘Rojo’ combines a range of experimental print techniques that not only make for great visually alluring design, but always consider their relationship to the subject matter. It shows blood poruing out of trees that lumberjacks have sawn in half.

Inspired by the 19th and 20th-century photography, using historical references to confront the viewer with repetitive human mistakes especially concerning environmental issues, the degradation of human behavior and relationships, the artist brings together antithetical aspects of a regressive society driven by a collective lack of responsibility and low-minded leaders.

This ironic Golden Age, generator of mankind’s persistent crisis, is constructed through a series of symbols and alterations, imaginary distortions and intense color interventions that reveal the Paco’s essence, as well as the causes and effects of where we stand today.

In addition, the quality of the screen printing produced by Christian Walter, displayed a high degree of craftsmanship and technical skill which impressed the judges and netted him the Gold prize.

Christian spoke to FESPA about how he created the FESPA Gold Award-winning ‘Rojo’ and the print studio’s plans to grow.

How did you feel when you realised you were a FESPA Gold Award winner?

Having won this prize, in this category, makes us feel like to be moving to the neighborhood of Leopold and Michael Domberger, Michel Caza, Chris Prater and Hans-Peter Haas… I can´t find another word better than thrilling!

Why did you decide to enter into this year’s Awards program?

We had won a FESPA Silver Award before, in 2002, with a tiny work of the German artist Antje Wichtrey. That was a very artisan made and delicate piece printed on handmade Japanese paper. This time, with the Paco Pomet’s creation ‘Rojo’, we were so sure to have done an outstanding job, in another, technological, computer assisted sense.

Can you tell us a bit more about the art print ‘Rojo’?

During almost five years, between job and job, we developed a kind of measure-tailored colour separation system for inhouse´use, which seemed to be ideal for the works of the Granada-based artist Paco Pomet. So we invited him to try it out.

In 2014, we released a screen print titled “International”. The original painting was then chosen to be exposed at Banksy´s Dismaland Bemusement Park in Weston-super-Mare last summer. We sold out all the prints we had left in a few days, and after that, we knew that we had to do an even better job with “Rojo”.

This was the first time I proofed this colour separation system with a 12-colour print, and here it is … having been distinguished with the FESPA Gold Award!

In addition to the FESPA award-winning project, are there any other projects you have recently undertaken that standout?

Our printshop is run by only two people, Loli Rodríguez Ruiz and myself. To have won this award is really a great achievement for us. We are specialized in fine-art prints and work for artists, galleries and all type of private and public entities.

We also publish serigraphs by contemporary artists. Among these, there is a collection of low priced “pocket size” editions called BBB-Las Vegas, and a collection called “emergen&Cía.” which aims to give visibility to the work of young artists.

Why would you recommend other printers/companies to enter the FESPA Awards 2017?

Anybody who is entirely convinced to have done something extraordinary, should send their submissions as these awards are a major showcase for a printer´s work and skills.

What are you hoping to gain from winning the FESPA Award?

I think it´s evident that there is no better publicity for a print studio than winning a prize as prestigious as a FESPA Gold Award.

Looking ahead to next year and beyond, how do you plan to continue this success?

In the near future, we will release some more prints of Paco Pomet and other Andalusian, Spanish and international artists. We are also working on an absolutely “planet-friendly” method to print on walls and facades. So we are looking forward to entering these works next year in Hamburg at the FESPA Awards 2017.

What do you think of FESPA as organization?

FESPA is doing extraordinary work supporting the industry and printers, it is always interesting to participate at the FESPA fairs. Today it seems such shows focuses on big companies, and a bit more attention to the work of fine art studios and creators could be desirable, which is what the FESPA Awards offers.

im not with the price they're asking ...... 

Why do they group screen prints and giclee in the same class for the awards?

Social
2016 (Diptych)
oil on canvas
120 x 280 centimeters | 47.25 x 110.25 inches


“The act of looking causes an excited perplexity in me. I can't get used to anything that I see, and so nothing bores me and nothing entirely convinces me. The manifestation of the visible is renewed every instant, although the appearances and our natural tendency to safety and protection lead us to think that we have found a valid, everlasting formula to interpret the world. It seems that this formula – normally dressed as culture – is determined to be a sort of armor-plating against something that we are fascinated by and that we fear: change, uncertainty, the unknown, the future. That culture we turn to often operates as a suit of armor, sunglasses, boots, a compass, air-conditioning apparatus or an umbrella and ends up preferring to be a prosthesis that protects us from the rough weather of life’s meaninglessness.”
~ Paco Pomet

^^^i emailed RichardHeller Gallery and they said they have 5 Rojo prints for sale. $1kUSD

...and "egolga" 


(detail)

Got the pdf if anyone wants it. Pretty solid artworks imo

What's the problem ? He is selling a print that was released a while back and the last time I looked it can still be bought at source far cheaper than he is looking for. 

Does anyone still have .pdf from the show?

Thanks

that was quick