Aerial

This work attempts to capture the harmony between man and nature, in this case the sea, once again using the language of surfing as a common thread. We could say that an aerial is when a surfer rises above the waves, taking advantage of inertia, and for a few moments 'flies' over the sea, glued to his board. For me, this moment is truly extraordinary and I wanted to capture it in this evocative image, where different geometric planes form a physical frame of triangular shapes representing different states of the sky. Two curved lines converge to create the shape of the table, and in particular the coral line, which has more weight, represents the upward direction of movement. The central element, a deconstruction of pieces that refer to the body, and in the upper part of it 3 faces, 3 expressions that want to represent the different emotions that the protagonist feels at this moment.
In the lower right-hand corner of the canvas, some folded planes evoke the sea, which places the main subject of the composition, flying over it, at the same height as the birds on either side.

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Alejandro Rodríguez Plaza, known by his nickname 'Plaza', is a professional visual artist born in Madrid (Spain) in 1992 and currently an Australian citizen living between Sydney, Madrid and Andalucia.

He is an architect with an absolute passion for painting and is fascinated by everything that can be framed in the field of 'creation'. His life has always revolved around the plastic arts in all their variations, starting with the urban art of 'graffiti' in the streets of his native Madrid from a very young age.
He has developed an artistic concept that mixes classical and contemporary pictorial elements with a unique sensitivity in the use of pure forms and colours, creating iconic and suggestive images. They are almost always linked to themes in which he tries to offer a new vision of the elements of nature, among which he repeatedly includes physical figures.
“Architecture has given me the opportunity to order all these visions, to put them into context, and somehow to tame the wild and disorderly artist, which is sometimes very necessary in creative processes. Sometimes I thought I was wrong to choose architecture over fine art, but in the end I understood that it was important to cultivate my creativity and ability to abstract. After all, architects are constantly working with flat, abstract visions that are representations of real, three-dimensional elements. This is the principle on which many of my creations are based. Figuration and abstraction, volumes and two-dimensional elements, with the language of colour as the common thread.”
“My art is strongly influenced by Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Neo-Figurative Painting, Pop Art... although I see myself as a chameleon-like artist who is constantly learning. I find myself at this point of search, although I believe I will always be in this eternal search that comes with a commitment to creation.”
“If I had to place myself within a pictorial trend, I couldn't make a choice, but I could tell you that many of my creations are influenced by Cubism, Neo-Figuration, Impressionism, Surrealism. As artistic references I could mention Vasiliy Ryabchenjo, Franz Ackermann, Jean-Michel Basquiat, George Condo, Keith Haring, Anthony Lister, Francis Bacon, Saura, Juan Gris, Turner in his motion captures and, of course, Picasso.”