Stay Gold

Álvaro P-FF returns to the walls of La Fiambrera with Stay Gold, a brand new set of serigraphs. Each work is dedicated to vindicating the freak minority to which he feels he belongs, a dimension in which people live their lives clinging to a song, act or to the worn out copies of their favourite records. This worldview coexists with nods to the city itself, skateboarding, bars, the night, love and desire. Stay Gold is a war cry. An expression of encouragement and a hymn to eternal youth for lovers of music who spend the days entangled with their favourite bands and songs.  A testament to those who buy and sell records, DJs, musicians, technicians, groupies, bartenders, go-go dancers, urban tribes. Stay Gold is essentially for fans of all persuasions.

Being accustomed to providing commissions for famous national and international musicians and working to client and project constraints, Stay Gold allows his imagination run wild to capture and communicate everything that goes through his head. Circumstances caused the Madrid-base artist to be forced to rest for several months after surgery due to a bad skateboard fall. The seclusion allowed him full scope to get in touch with his emotions for these images to take shape.

“Preparing an exhibition is very similar to that of making an album. You arrive at the studio with ideas in your head. With “riffs” to work on. However, as work progresses, the initial idea is diluted in a river that sometimes overflows into places you didn’t suspect it would. Stay Gold began as a tribute to collecting vinyl records and as it progressed, it meandered to where music moved from being a physical format to becoming the soundtrack to a moment. Whether it was listening to cassettes in the van or waiting at the door of a venue, the show is a tribute to people to whom musical culture is a fundamental pillar of their lives. This encompasses everything from buying music, fashion, shows and the mixtapes that pounded your eardrums on the way to school.”

Álvaro P-FF

The serigraphs provide clues with regard to Álvaro’s favourites. Artists such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Ramones, The Clash, Dolly Parton, Otis Redding, Descendents, The Cramps, Nick Cave, Blondie, Dictators, Redd Kross, Bad Religion, and Dead Kennedys are some that reside upon his own private Olympus, faithful allies during his convalescence. All works are meticulously reproduced as screen prints on high quality paper. Limited editions (usually 25), numbered and signed by the artist.

Álvaro P-FF

Álvaro Pérez Fajardo is one of the most respected designers in the Spanish music industry. Since he began drawing for the Madrid underground scene in the mid-nineties, his covers and posters have illustrated the music that has accompanied us for twenty years. Among hundreds of works we can mention those made for national artists such as Bunbury, Calamaro, Sabina or Luz Casal and international artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, The Lumineers or Lana del Rey. His peculiar style mixes rock poster graphics with Mexican imagery, black humour, gore movies, social criticism, the political-propagandistic poster of totalitarian regimes and Art-Deco. He uses icons of pop culture to punctuate this vision. Álvaro’s work is created in The Fly Factory studio that he shares with his brother, the photographer Juan Pérez Fajardo. He’s worked with La Fiambrera since 2014 and this is his third show with the gallery.



Artwork available from the exhibition

alvaro-p-ff-Il-mondo-in-the-mood-for-love
Il Mondo (In The Mood For Love)

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
40 x 50 cm

235.00
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alvaro-p-ff-dawn-noodles
Dawn Noodles

2022
3 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
100 x 35 cm

355.00
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alvaro-p-ff-isla-de-encanta
Dora “la cordobesita” en Isla de Encanta

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
32 x 32 cm

90.00
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alvaro-p-ff-in-the-search-of-cool
Searching for Cool

2022
3 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
70 x 25 cm

105.00
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alvaro-p-ff-Estaciones-invierno
Cuatro Estaciones Invierno

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
70 x 35 cm

235.00
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alvaro-p-ff-Estaciones-otono
Cuatro Estaciones Otoño

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
70 x 35 cm

235.00
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alvaro-p-ff-Estaciones-primavera
Cuatro Estaciones Primavera

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
70 x 35 cm

235.00
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alvaro-p-ff-Estaciones-verano-2
Cuatro Estaciones Verano

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
70 x 35 cm

235.00
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alvaro-p-ff-postal-furgo
Postcard Totally Nuts

2022
Digital printing with matt laminated finish
10 x 21 cm

10.00
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alvaro-p-ff-POSTAL-the-tide
Postcard The Tide

2022
Digital printing with matt laminated finish
21 x 15 cm

10.00
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alvaro-p-ff-poster-stay-gold-2
“Stay Gold” exhibition poster

2022
Digital print on paper
70 x 50 cm

20.00
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alvaro-p-ff-2-tone
2 Tone

2022
1 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
32 x 32 cm

90.00
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alvaro-p-ff-pictures-of-you
Pictures of you

2022
1 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
32 x 32 cm

90.00
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alvaro-p-ff-girls-night
Girls Night Out

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
37,5 x 69 cm

235.00
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alvaro-p-ff-set-4-estaciones
Las cuatro estaciones. Invierno, Primavera, Verano y Otoño

2022
Pack of four screen prints in 2 inks
Each one in a limited edition of 25 copies, signed and numbered by the artist.
70 x 35 cm (each)

850.00
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alvaro-p-ff-aloha
Aloha!

2022
3 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
35 x 100 cm

305.00
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alvaro-p-ff-The-tide-when-I-close-my-eyes
The Tide (When I close my eyes)

2022
3 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
50 x 40 cm

185.00
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alvaro-p-ff-set-4-skate
Skate set (Push, American Icons, Death or Glory, I’m Not a Loser)

2022
Pack of four screen prints in 2 inks
Each one in open edition, signed by the artist
50 x 18 cm (each)

250.00
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alvaro-p-ff-Push-the-future-is-unwriting
Push

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
50 x 18 cm

80.00
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alvaro-p-ff-Im-not-a-loser
I’m not a Loser

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
50 x 18 cm

80.00
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alvaro-p-ff-death-or-glory
Death or Glory

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
50 x 18 cm

80.00
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alvaro-p-ff-american-icons
American Icons

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
50 x 18 cm

80.00
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alvaro-p-ff-totally-nuts
Totally Nuts

2022
3 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
35 x 100 cm

305.00
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alvaro-p-ff-the-bowery-electric
Bowery Electric

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
40 x 50 cm

185.00
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alvaro-p-ff-ophelia
Ophelia (In The Fairest Of The Seasons)

2022
3 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
70 x 25 cm

105.00
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alvaro-p-ff-Madame-Lizzy
Madame Lizzy

2022
3 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Hand Signed & Numbered edition of 25
100 x 35 cm

305.00
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alvaro-p-ff-dolly-for-president
Dolly for President

2022
3 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
32 x 32 cm

80.00
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alvaro-p-ff-king-creepole
King Creepole

2022
2 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
32 x 32 cm

80.00
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alvaro-p-ff-mercy-seat
Mercy Seat (Desperado)

2022
3 ink color Silk-Screened Serigraph
Open edition, signed by the artist
32 x 32 cm

80.00
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  • Title of the exhibition: Stay Gold
  • Artist: Álvaro P-FF
  • Dates: From November 19 to January 28, 2023
  • Curators: La Fiambrera Art Gallery