Plein Air Malerei (2023) Pittura da Unai Etxebarria

When I was 17, I spent about a year in a professional painter’s studio near my hometown in Bilbao and started painting in oils. When I left school, I hesitated between studying art or philosophy. I chose philosophy. From then on I followed a typical academic career and, although I continued to draw and paint, I did so without any professional or public ambition. I left university in 2002 and since then I have focused on my artistic career professionally.

The basic structure in my paintings is an interplay of opposites: past and present, beauty and misery, still life and narrative, etc. This interplay contributes to the ambiguity of the image as it distorts the relationship of cause and context and invites the viewer to reflect on it. Indeed, I really like to play with contradictions and contrasts. To unify and harmonise them is always one of my goals in painting. The use of references from art history is also a constant in my works. References to art history have a communicative potential that speaks directly to the viewer and creates associations that help to enrich the meaning of the work.
In general, my painting process is very methodical. Before I start painting on the canvas, the image is essentially fully developed. Basically, there is very little change from what is the original idea to what later becomes the painting.

• Nazionalità: GERMANIA
• Data di nascita : 1968
• Domini artistici: Rappresentata da una galleria,
• Gruppi: Artisti Tedeschi Contemporanei Artisti presentati da una galleria