Antonio Ladrillo's new show Crash takes him an abstract new direction

Date
15 May 2012

We have long been fans of Antonio Ladrillo and his cheerful, colourful, character-based illustration – in fact so synonymous is the Barcelona-based maestro with a certain style of work that Ladrillo-esque (easy for you to say) is an instantly-understood designation among team It’s Nice That. But what’s this? He’s only gone and opened a new show in Mallorca gallery Louis 21 called Crash which consists of 40 small (9 × 10 cm) abstract paintings created on wood, broken and refashioned (hence the name of the exhibition).

The bright palette and sense of optimism that link the paintings proves that Ladrillo may have stripped back his best-known style but the essential DNA of what we love about his work is still there. Indivudually they’re interesting, collectively they’re fascinating.

Crash runs until June 10.

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Antonio Ladrillo: Crash

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Antonio Ladrillo: Crash

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Antonio Ladrillo: Crash

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Antonio Ladrillo: Crash

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Antonio Ladrillo: Crash

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Antonio Ladrillo: Crash

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Antonio Ladrillo: Crash

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Antonio Ladrillo: Crash

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Antonio Ladrillo: Crash (installation shot)

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Rob Alderson

Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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