Anton Olea...

"¡¡¡NO hay POTO que dure 100 AÑOS!!!"

Anton Olea; an urban painter, was born in Chile, in the South of South America. An eternal defender of the anatomy, an irreverent user of the colors, a warm speaker of a simple phrasing. With surprising messages from underground in his word games. A painter with attitude. As a professional he is addicted to the art as an option and as a belief an innovator.

After a hard and restless questioning, 'including Anton himself, he would try to break the chains, his own fears to get a proper language in his work. Now, it is not the matter of a standard level, or just innovation, political correctness. It is the moment to express the madness of the coexistence between life and death in an environment full of hidden meanings. This unbelievable paradox and his private life have turned him quiet, reflexive and sometimes contemplative. Anton says: I know I have to go on and on until I get there.

Anton proposes to express the vital drive of the human race. When we face the XXI century, ideologies and isms have lost the track. The basic sense is the only resource in use. A new mythology is among us. A painter cannot be attached to a specific artistic movement-not today- a painter cannot be manufactured in universities or academies. He has been questioning through his lines, shapes and colors. Stereotypes and obsolete thesis are stuck in the past. The human race and the artistic work are looking for a refreshing answer. This age paradoxically allows to coexist Internet and unemployment, new-age and aboriginality, multi-ethnic and racial hegemony. Anton belongs to this context.

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