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This Week’s Article: Javier Mariscal

Posted: March 13, 2011

From devising Cobi, the mascot dog of the Barcelona Olympics, to conceiving his 2005 sculpture Crash!, an oversize reproduction of a seemingly exploding 1959 Chevrolet Impala, Javier Mariscal is a multifaceted, uninhibited force of natural creativity. This Spanish phenomenon is somehow able to dance in the high-pressure orbits of graphics, architecture, design, furniture, movies and art without ever losing his playful exuberance. He’s not so much in his second childhood as still enjoying his first. His next film project and exhibition, after last year’s acclaimed animated movie Chico & Rita, reunite him with his talismanic cartoon critters Los Garriris. Read the full article here…

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