In Arranz-Bravo’s work you can see the influence of Gaudí’s pulsating, organic architectural forms, the many manifestations of Dali’s Surrealist imagination and Miró’s colorful biomorphic shapes and electrifying black lines. Eduardo has taken all of these elements and made them his own, creating a unique visual voice. The artist’s mode is fierce, rebellious, festive and fantastical—a hybrid sensibility which seems inseparable from the historic decades of Catalan experience under the Franco dictatorship and its aftermath.
The work of Agustí Puig follows a direction related to Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró and Jean DuBuffet and he is certainly in dialogue with the foremost Spanish artist, Antoni Tàpies, as well as the Art Informal Movement of Post-War Spain. Working in a style known as pintura matèrica (incorporating the use of non-traditional materials into painting), Puig's art has alchemical-transformative qualities for both the artist and viewer. The thick and almost brutal application of paint, applied by the artist as though in a trance-like state, speaks to a kind of studio as zen temple and painting as a means of freedom through authentic physical expression.
“My inspiration comes from the light, colors, shapes and memories that landscapes have imparted to my soul and feelings. That is why I love to play with the word "Landscape:" Land-escape, Land-space, Land&escape - in the titles of my paintings.” —Miquel Gelabert
