Felipe Pantone
Bio
Felipe Pantone (Buenos Aires, 1986) moved to Spain with his family, where he began doing graffiti in his adolescence and studied fine arts in Valencia. Calligraphy and typography, key elements of graffiti, were the foundation from which he developed an abstract or geometric visual language that aims to be both accessible and democratic, parallel to the current technological discourse. His work retains the public nature of graffiti, connecting with urban communities and the city itself.
Initially a stylistic tool, abstraction now refers to elements of the present filled with infographics, graphics, and statistics that condense complex realities into easily accessible formats. Pantone constantly reproduces the saturation of contemporary visual experience, echoing the modernizing work of kinetic art and its investigation of perception based on current theories of vision. In today’s fast-paced world of industrial production (light, color, visual experiences), Pantone disrupts the naturalistic discourse of kinetic art, returning cultural relevance to perception, recognizing color combinations as "glitches" or as underlying codes in printers.
Statement
His work reflects on the overabundance of information, the speed of the digital world, and our relationship with screens, reality, and light in the world of the moment. It is distinguished by the combination of typography, traditional graffiti, and abstract elements, merging graphic design with complex geometric figures, creating a modern and futuristic aesthetic.
Through his paintings and sculptures, Felipe Pantone updates optical art by using 3D modeling software to evoke glitches and grids of the digital landscape. He uses vibrant colors and a mathematical appreciation of shadow and form, generating optical illusions. His prismatic and digitized shapes combine with graffiti gestures to create a visual language that spans both the analog and virtual worlds, while also critiquing our dependence on the latter.
