Félix Curto

For an artist coming from Spain, the clash is evident. Chatarra americana is, apart from a novel by Edwin Gilbert −American Chrome − the result of all this journey: a wide selection of works whose bases are formed useless objects on one side, the one of the United States, but on the other side are made of coveted and lasting ones. Car bodyworks or spare parts and refrigerators are intervened to endow them with a second sense and a new functionality.

In addition to these results, the selection of recent paintings and drawings allows us to enter into a world that finds inspiration, directly or indirectly, in the looks of the beat men of letters, in the road movies (like Paris-Texas or Easy Rider) and in an exceptional generation of musicians and their current manifestations. Félix Curto decides to open up his peculiar universe in this way, inviting each viewer to become aware of his references and of his inner way of being, to which access may be gained through his works such as Dad or I’ve Loved Her so Long. The appraisal of the whole will bring a whiff of popular culture, of poetry contained in expressiveness and, above all, on how one same concept varies, in its use and meaning, not only in Curto’s mind but also in a reality so economically dependent on consumption.