Edmundo Sanz Gadea

Edmundo Sanz Gadea is a Spanish artist based in Madrid. He bag working in advertising in 1988 as an illustrator and art director before developing his career design agencies, Direct Marketing and Advertising as a creative art director. This involved creating and developing direct marketing campaigns, brochures and graphic designs. Currently, he only uses the method of painting in his work.

NY Skyline Attack Before (created April 19^th 2012)    Mediums: Oil on board      Size: 31.5 x 48 x 1.6 in

This piece is described as being ‘Abstract expressionism artwork representing the skyline of the city before the brutal attack of 11S 2009’. (http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-NY-SKYLINE-ATTACK-BEFORE/414389/1556904/view)

This piece is an expressive piece that looks quite archaic because the colours used are quite dark and brown-toned. The silhouette of New York is situated slightly to the right of the piece and has been painted in shades of black, blue and grey which looks quite abrupt against the soft looking background. There is a lack of bold lines; however, the black around the buildings makes them look more prominent. Below this is a subtle reflection of what can be seen above which gives the look of the city floating on water. The sombre colour scheme may be to represent the artists feeling toward the event, which would obviously be very negative because it was so traumatic. It appears that the background colours have been applied to the board using a sponge as they look very soft and faded.

 

 

Metropolis Building (Madrid)        Medium: Oil on canvas         Size: 59.1 X 39.4 X 1.6 in

This is a city view of the Metropolis building in Madrid which is described as being one of the most significant and photographed buildings in the capital city. It has been painted in an array of shades of white, blue, grey and black, with the lettering being painted in a vibrant yellow colour. The background looks like a series of subtle squares have been painted so as to represent the buildings surrounding the Metropolis. The tone on the building has been picked out with a light blue and a pale grey which clearly looks more subtle than black and white. In the bottom left corner, it looks as though black paint has been splattered using a paintbrush in order to replicate a bush nearby.

This artist’s work is very different to my first artist as he is more expressive and pays less attention to absolute detail.  He also uses paint, rather than a pen or pencil, however, he sticks with the theme of building and architecture. The second piece fits perfectly with my theme as the building has lettering on it.