Claudio Gallina

La casita 

Oil / Canvas

120 x 95 cm

47 x 37 in

2019

Unique Work 

Claudio Gallina (Argentina,1964) distinguished career includes numerous individual and collective exhibitions, as well as participation in international art biennials and fairs, such as ArteBa, Art Miami, Art Chicago, Art Madrid, Pinta in New York, ArtBo Colombia, and the Panama Biennial, among others. 

In his work, Gallina explores the school age in Buenos Aires, often using recycled notebooks as a backdrop in which he hides encrypted messages criticizing the educational system. His fantastic perspectives of classical Renaissance buildings immerse us in decadent, nostalgic, and playful environments where schoolchildren engage in impossible activities, often escaping from reality. Gallina poses unanswered questions through his art, inviting us to reflect with him. 

Claudio Gallina's works showcase his skill in drawing and his evocative use of chalk, combining elements of figurative painting with carefully crafted stains, splatters, deliberate drips, and masterful perspectives. The artist explains that the origin of these works lies in his exploration of the relationship between humans and nature, not understanding nature as a simple landscape but as a representation of ourselves.