Name: I'm not a Loser
SKU: 116646
Price: 50.00 EUR
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Description

“I´m not a loser”, en el verano del 76 la sequía dejó california las piscinas vacías y los skaters aprovecharon para asaltarlas. Esos skaters de finales de los 70s y los 80s, la mayoría eran los raros de clase, los marginados, los “losers”. El punk californiano dio banda sonora a esa panda de “outcast”, y los Descendents (su canción da nombre a esta obra -y a la pintada del bowl-) son pieza fundamental de ese sonido. Y pequeño homenaje a la tabla Santa Cruz de Jason Jessee, una de mis preferidas (imposible de conseguir para mi colección)

ÁLVARO P-FF (Madrid, Spain, 1973)

After studying communications, he began his career working for Disney and at several different design and advertising agencies until he and his brother, photographer Juan Pérez-Fajardo, decided to open their own design studio, The Fly Factory.

His illustrations and designs, always related to music, have led to collaborations with international artists like Elton John, Guns n’ Roses, Elvis Costello, The Who, Ozzy Osborne, Green Day, Korn, Dropkick Murphys, Motorhead, Take That, Black Sabbath, The Lumineers,… and national ones like Bunbury, Arde Bogotá, Sabina, Calamaro, Luz Casal, Coque Malla o M-Clan among many others.

With a unique blend of 1980s street culture, 1990s American poster art and nods to the language of modernism and Art Deco, Álvaro Pérez-Fajardo has forged a powerful and unmistakeably distinctive style with a ubiquitous presence at virtually every major music event in Spain today.

ÁLVARO P-FF artworks in La Fiambrera Art gallery

In 2014 he began to produce his own artwork, with great commercial success, continuing to draw on his trademark methods and influences but revelling in the total freedom of doing and creating whatever he wants.