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Spanish painter

Felipe Cardeña is a street artist, known for floral patterns, pop art figures and modern collages, many of which are aimed at challenging consumer society.

He was born in Spain in 1979, but lived in Cuba for some time. Operating in an anonymous manner, akin to the British artist Banksy, he has held three exhibitions at the Venice Biennale from 2009 to 2013, and has exhibited in Milan, London, Chile and China.

His style of anonymous graffiti and street art earned him the name "il Banksy latino" (the Latin Banksy) and the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera called him "misterioso in stile Banksy” (Banksy-style mysterious). The Italian art critic Gillo Dorfles has described Cardeña's work as "kitsch elitario" (elite kitsch). The newspaper Corriere della Sera wrote in May 2008: "The only thing we know is that he was born in Balaguer, Spain, 29 years ago. The rest of the information we have regarding Felipe Cardeña, mysterious Banksy-style art, is fragmentary and contradictory. His floral collages – whose technique was probably developed in jail – and his floral stickers appear everywhere: his slogan is Power Flower".

Vittorio Sgarbi wrote that "Felipe Cardeña proposes the amateur technique of collage pursuing a repetitive and obsessive iconography as the daily rosary of a cloistered nun".

References

  1. ^ "Al Megastore Mondadori l'arte per tutti di Felipe Cardena". Milano Post (in Italian). 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  2. Miracolo a Milano, Palazzo della Ragione, Milan, curated by Alessandro Riva, June–July 2005.
  3. Rizzo, Alessandro (2016-02-22). "Allo Spazio Maimeri Super Pop Felipe Show di Felipe Cardeña | BellArte". BellArte (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  4. "10x10. Opere da viaggio - Mostra - Milano - MaMo - Laboratorio sperimentale per le arti visive - Arte.it". www.arte.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  5. ^ "Felipe Cardeña « IF". www.italianfactory.info (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  6. ^ "Felipe Cardeña il Banksy latino che raduna giovani nel mondo - The Way Magazine". The Way Magazine (in Italian). 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  7. Magazine del Corriere della Sera. May 2008
  8. Sgarbi, Vittorio (2010). Ritratti Italiani. Maretti Editore. ISBN 978-88-89965-95-5.


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