Javier de Juan exhibition at Isolina Arbulu gallery

Painted Scriptures

The work that Javier de Juan created during the 2020 quarantine. Eighteen acrylic paintings on paper in which the artist, in an exercise of freedom and searching through the folds of the subconscious, rescues characters from the biblical stories of his childhood. This exhibition of PAINTED SCRIPTURES arises almost by chance.

With a very personal and recognisable voice and a splendid command of drawing and colour, Javier de Juan became one of the most active and present authors in the field of drawing and painting during the prodigious decade of the eighties. Javier has managed to maintain a coherent and constantly evolving artistic career, always preserving his most characteristic creative identity traits. He is a splendid draughtsman, with an innate ability to tell stories through images. His technique is fresh, agile, clear and simple. With few lines and graphics he is able to construct scenes, situations, moments and of course emotions. His characters, men and women, are always recognisable and are animated by a special liveliness, full of energy, registers, movements and also sensuality.

Text by Paco Carpio

Javier de Juan Exhibition