Felipe Cardeña

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.[1]

He was born in Spain in 1979, but lived in Cuba for some time.[1] 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,[2][3] London,[4] Chile and China.[1][5]

His style of anonymous graffiti and street art earned him the name "il Banksy latino" (the Latin Banksy)[6] and the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera called him "misterioso in stile Banksy” (Banksy-style mysterious).[5] The Italian art critic Gillo Dorfles has described Cardeña's work as "kitsch elitario" (elite kitsch).[6] 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".[7]

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".[8]

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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