“Jaime Mestre Estartús delights us once again with his new collection American Black Cinema. This new collection is a completely different series from the rest of his work where he intertwined the art of painting with the Seventh art.
A unique art collection of 82 black and white paintings where the artist freezes the most emblematic scenes from iconic American Black Cinema movies. He offers the viewers a journey to the past, turning us back into viewers of all these mythical movies.
For the choice of these frames, he has chosen the most significant American Film Noir Films to bring it to the oil in a small format that makes it more endearing.
Most of these artworks have been painted in black and white with all their shades of grey, that refers not only to the cinematographic period but also to an art with a restricted color range.
Estartús confesses that this collection has been very challenging for him. The challenge of finding that specific frame that makes the spectator connect directly with that movie, the characters and the moment, in just one shot.
This Estartús art collection, has taken away the obsequiousness of those legendary movies and has given them a permanent value.
This series is unique for the 3-year work of an artist with technique, hand, and years of experience as an artist.
Jaime Estartús, a limitless artist. He has demonstrated us again his ability throughout his course of making and undoing everything to turn him into something completely different and unexpected.”
VERTIGO | BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S | GONE WITH THE WIND | THE GODFATHER | GILDA | CASABLANCA | SOME LIKE IT HOT | THE KID | GIANT | LOLITA | SABRINA | THE GRADUATE | CITIZEN KANE | MOGAMBO | LAURA | CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF | CHICAGO | THE UNTOUCHABLES | SIN CITY | GILDA | SCARFACE | THE SEVER YEAR ITCH | ALL THE PRESINDENT’S MEN…
… AND MANY MORE TO DISCOVER
“Why we tell stories and why we do that?
American Black Cinema is the way I feel “film noir” under the perception of a former abstract artist taking consideration the traditional american scenes of Norman Rockwell through a black and white (sometimes red) perspective point of view”
– Jaume Mestres Estartús
Jaume Mestres Estartús (Barcelona, 1949) is considered one of the alive references and most awarded artists of neo informalism. His works are exhibited in more than 100 museums and foundations around the globe.
This collection is a jump outside the comfort zone starting many years ago with two previous collections, “People” and “People II” where away of his well known style, offers to these masterpieces the strength of his brushes and lights.
His latest expositions have been located in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Paris, Rome, Oporto, Laponia, Rumania, Taiwan, Doren, Madrid, Tel Aviv, Leece, Bolonia, London and Amsterdam.
Since he started 50 years ago, his artworks have been acquired by personalities, avid collectors and celebrities around the world.
” I hope you enjoy this collection as much as I did working on it “
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