Figures and Events Are Transfixed by Time in Pep Carrió’s Extensive Daily Visual Diaries
Spreads from 2013. All pictures © Pep Carrió, shared with permission. Pictures by Antonio Fernández
In 2007, Madrid-based artist and illustrator Pep Carrió’s expansive diary mission started as a problem with a easy premise: to attract one thing daily. It doesn’t matter what supplies had been at hand and with none predetermined theme or material, he took a game-like method to see if he may accomplish filling a complete Moleskine datebook all year long. The quite a few editions which have adopted function a stunning array of scenes normal from marker, pencil, tempera, pen, ink, collage, and located supplies.
Carrió’s stream-of-consciousness course of has led to a set that ranges from summary flora to silhouetted and patterned figures to surreal vessels and landscapes. Initially, the volumes contained one drawing every day with complementary pictures on dealing with pages, however lately, the artist has begun to extra persistently fill all the unfold with a single picture, creating daring compositions that play with the symmetry of the e-book and the confines of its edges. Imagery of sprawling tree branches, obscured faces and masks, and our bodies in precarious circumstances strike a metaphorical chord, exploring human society and psychology. His technique of finishing a drawing every day is itself an train in reminiscence, because the diaries have amassed information of the artist’s ideas over time and unfurl into a private archive.
Carrió at the moment has work on view as a part of From Spain with Design touring all through Spain throughout 2022 and Play with Design on the Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporánea in Valencia by October 23. You will discover extra info on his website and comply with the visible diary mission on Instagram.
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