Rafa MacarronLos Lirios del Campo y Las Aves del CieloOctober 20, 2016

Rafa MacarronLos Lirios Del Campo Y Las Aves Del Cielo (The Lillies in the Field and the Birds of the Air)

Allouche Gallery is pleased to announce Los Lirios Del Campo Y Las Aves Del Cielo, featuring works by the Spanish contemporary artist Rafa Macarron. The artist stands out as one of the most promising artists of his generation, havingreceived critical acclaim for his latest shows in Spain, Latin America, and Asia. This will be Macarron’s �rst solo show in NewYork. The exhibition will feature a lively assortment of �at and 3-dimensional paintings, drawings, diorama-like constructions, and sculptures. Rafa Macarron will also create a large, mixed media installation that will cover two entire walls of Allouche Gallery.

The works that will be on display at Allouche Gallery will reveal how Rafa Macarron pushes modern day limits and possibilitieswith his use of a rich array of layered colors, some ethereal and others atmospheric, as well as an imaginative combination oftextures and materials. The pieces were created using aluminum, metal and wood grounds, paper, and under-layers of text collage. One of the most intriguing aspects of Macarron’s work is its capacity to disconcert the viewer through experimentationof spatial construction and illusionism.

The artist creates constructive spaces: generic, �ctitious interiors, aquatic landscapes, and atmospheric cosmic settings thatare inhabited by eccentric cartoon-like �gures with thin limbs, heavy heads, and protuberant eyes. These humble charactersare innocent and vulnerable, either lost in crowds or alone in states of re�ection and self-examination. The works become symbols of contemporary life; they comment on the state of the human being immersed in wider realities and multi-dimensional worlds, and allude to their commonalities and interconnection as an integral part of the human condition. Macarron’s long-legged, alienesque creatures �oat within a dream-like universe.

Celebration of life and creation, speci�cally artistic creation, is the theme of the exhibition. Macarron was inspired by philosopher Soren Kierkegaard’s text The Lilies In The Field and The Birds Of The Air, 1847, a meditation on the Sermon on the Mount of the Gospel of Matthew. Kierkegaard is considered the �rst existentialist to value the individuals’ experience over the collective one. Macarron connects this search for spirituality and transcendence with the mystical and religiousheritage of Spanish culture. He celebrates the richness of daily life, and the chance to articulate, question, and celebratethat life, and thus the human condition, through the spontaneous and free expression of artistic creation.

Rafa Macarron

72 x 144.1 inches

El Dia De Manana es Hoy, 2016Mixed media on iron

Rafa MacarronPlaya, 2016Mixed media on aluminum55.1 x 116.5 inches

Rafa MacarronFuente, 2016Mixed media on aluminum72 x 116.5 inches

Rafa MacarronSin Titulo, 2016Mixed media on aluminum89 x 72 inches

Rafa Macarron

78.7 x 80.7 inches

Transfiguracion, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

72 x 89 inches

Los Lirios del Campo Y Las Aves del Cielo, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

72 x 89 inches

396 Vidas, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

89.8 x 57.5 inches

Final De Los Tiempos, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

89 x 57.5 inches

Cuidados del Sustento, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

89 x 57.5 inches

La Plataforma, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa MacarronAngeles, 2016Mixed media on aluminum72 x 72 inches

Rafa Macarron

57.5 x 89 inches

Cold, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

72 x 55.1 inches

Tres Lunas, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

55.1 x 55.1 inches

Balcones, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

41.7 x 33.9 inches

Diptico 4, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa MacarronEl Mundo, 2016Mixed media on iron83.5 x 20.9 inches

Rafa Macarron

63.8 x 51.2 inches

Volumetricamente, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

49.6 x 26.8 inches

Resilencia, 2016Mixed media on wood

Rafa Macarron

44.5 x 44.5 inches

Sin Titulo, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

44.5 x 44.5 inches

Sin Titulo, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

20.9 x 41.7 inches

Diptico 2, 2016Mixed media on iron

Rafa Macarron

27.6 x 16.9 inches

Sin Titulo, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

27.6 x 16.9 inches

Caidos, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

27.6 x 16.9 inches

Animalillo, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

20.9 x 10.2 inches

Caligrafia 1, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

20.9 x 10.2 inches

Caligrafia 2, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

20.9 x 10.2 inches

Caligrafia 3, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

20.9 x 10.2 inches

Caligrafia 5, 2016Mixed media on aluminum

Rafa Macarron

11.7 x 16.5 inches

Drawing 1, 2016Mixed media on paper

Rafa Macarron

11.7 x 16.5 inches

Drawing 2, 2016Mixed media on paper

Rafa Macarron

11.7 x 16.5 inches

Drawing 3, 2016Mixed media on paper

Rafa Macarron

11.7 x 16.5 inches

Drawing 4, 2016Mixed media on paper

Rafa Macarron

11.7 x 16.5 inches

Drawing 5, 2016Mixed media on paper

Rafa Macarron

11.7 x 16.5 inches

Drawing 6, 2016Mixed media on paper