Opening on the 16th of June, Twisted Art Gallery is the first gallery in Spain to bring internationally renowned artists including Banksy, The Connor Brothers, Mr. Brainwash, Opake, Pure Evil, Cecile Plaisance, Tim Fishlock and Sara Pope to Spain. Located in Antonio Banderas Square in Puerto Banús, this gallery will offer a relaxed setting where art lovers can view and purchase cool urban art and unique works which have been created for the gallery.
Founded by passionate and knowledgeable art collectors, Dylan King and Kevin Simpson, Twisted Art Gallery will be a cool and friendly environment where everyone is welcome to come and enjoy art.
Dylan King explains, “Having collected art for over 10 years and developed relationships with some incredible artists, I felt the time was right to bring their exciting artworks to Spain. We’re very lucky to have the artists Sara Pope and Pure Evil creating pieces exclusively for the gallery and can’t wait to show their incredible pieces in Puerto Banús.
Our aim is to create the hottest destination for contemporary art on the Costa del Sol, where everyone is welcome. Whether people are looking for investment art, to start or complement a collection, or simply decorate their homes, the carefully curated collection has something to offer everyone. Including street art, pop art and decorative art, this is a relaxed and funky setting exhibiting artists of international renown. We hope people will pop down and say hello and enjoy these great artworks.”
The invitation-only opening night will take place on Friday 16th of June. Artists, The Connor Brothers and Pure Evil will be attending the event to discuss their pieces with attendees. During the event, Pure Evil will be hand-finishing his limited-edition collection of 25 pieces which he has created solely for the gallery. DJ Amando Gottafunker will be providing the entertainment and making this an art gallery opening to remember.
Twisted Art Gallery is located at Plaza Antonio Banderas 18, Puerto Banús, close to El Corte Ingles. The gallery will be open to the public from Saturday 17th of June.
Find out more about the gallery at Twisted Art Gallery or on Instagram. or email Dylan here. if you are interested in attending the opening event or charity auction, or would like to offer a product to be auctioned off for charity.
About the artists
Banksy
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation.
The Connor Brothers
The Connor Brothers have exhibited internationally across the world from London & New York to Dubai. Their work frequently appears at major auction houses and in the homes of Celebrities and Public Figures’ private collections. Their most popular series Pulp Fiction has proven to be an enormous success and cemented their names in the Art industry.
Mr Brainwash
Mr Brainwash’s art celebrates positivity and the power of love. Combining pop art, street art and classical paintings, unique Mr. Brainwash prints or original artworks make spectacular additions to a contemporary art collection. His playful and subversive approach has won him a place amongst the top living artists based on auction sales of nearly $ 2.5 million over 10 years, and his collaborators and collectors include Madonna, the Beckhams and Banksy.
Opake
Opake is a London-based graffiti artist who has been practicing graffiti art since the age of 13. Over time, he has developed a distinct painting technique and combines both pop culture with elements of graffiti to create a new and exciting body of work. A key theme in his work is ‘insanity’, after having dealt with drug-induced psychosis himself. He plays with the infamous definition of ‘insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results’, with the creative twist of subtly breaking the repetition of his characters, replicating his own story of overcoming addiction.
Sara Pope
Contemporary artist Sara Pope is best known for her bold, seductive paintings of voluptuous lips. Taking inspiration from a successful career in the fashion industry as a shoe designer for brands such as Paul Smith, and also her work in magazines as a designer and art director, Sara aims to capture the sensuality and seductive power conveyed by the lips and mouth. Interested in questions of beauty, communication, and the notion of perfection, Sara uses the perspective of her commercial experience to explore these themes.
Pure Evil
Charles Uzzell-Edwards produces Pop-inspired prints and street art under the moniker Pure Evil. The U.K.-born and -based artist’s vibrant, stencilled, spray-paint figurations riff on distinctly American iconography such as the Statue of Liberty and on Andy Warhol subjects such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Elizabeth Taylor. Many of his portraits feature a signature splotch of paint, which drips like a tear just below the character’s eye. Pure Evil’s path to artmaking was long and varied. As the son of Welsh painter John Uzzell Edwards, he grew up in a creative household. After studying fashion and graphics in college, he worked as a clothing designer and recorded electronic music. Pure Evil finally arrived at street art while living in California, where he honed his practice across freeways and storefronts. The artist has since exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and elsewhere.
Cécile Plaisance
Cécile Plaisance’s evocative career began with taking pictures of the one plastic playmate she admired and who was an integral part of the world of girls who dressed her and undressed her daily.
Through her photographs, Cécile has established a connection between Barbie and today’s women – while playing with her femininity. Beyond the myth of the woman as an object, the artist raises the idol of our collective childhood by supporting the challenges of today’s women to defend their rights, their desires and their hard-won freedom. A nun’s habit and a burka versus what is underneath suggest that behind one woman’s outward appearance lies another. Cécile Plaisance’s uses a lenticular development technique with superimposed images to expose what lies beneath.