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Cartoon boy wears slogan blue t-shirt

in my Life

€600

  • Eye detail in green
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Cartoon boy wears slogan blue t-shirt

Behind the scenes

  • Once in my Life paint cans in print house
  • Carrying print screen between two people
  • yellow and red paint mixing
  • red paint moving over screen
  • notebook explaining print process
  • wide angle of Make-Ready
  • Inspecting Calleja print
Javier Calleja looking towards the camera
Javier Calleja10 collaborationsCalleja’s work is equally sarcastic as it is sensitive. His portraits depict stylised figures with exaggerated heads and big, melting eyes, reminiscent of Manga or Anime characters. Scrawled across their t-shirts, phrases like “FUCK YOU ALL” undercut their apparent cutesy innocence. Facial features with perfectly merged gradients are contrasted by flat, single-colour backgrounds and loose line-work that illustrates their bodies. The artist also translates his painted figures into fibreglass sculptures that, with their uncanny animated style and manufactured finish, evoke the works of contemporary artists such as KAWS and Yoshitomo Nara - or indeed a lonely Playmobil toy. This constant strand of irony underpins Calleja’s oeuvre, bringing a sharp edge to the alluring simplicity of his aesthetic.

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Reviews from Avant collectors

  • really a masterpiece to add in my collection!Thanks a lot🙏🏻❤️

  • love it! beautiful sturdy wooden box and gloves supplied to handle and protect the artwork.

  • Beautiful piece! Love it so much

  • very good service. easy, straightforward. exactly as advertised. thank you!

  • Love the quality of the build

  • Great experience all around, thank you! I love what you do and the fact that it allows me to own artist works whose originals I wouldn't be able to afford.

  • I was lucky enough to have been invited to see the creation of this piece of work back in June and met the fantastic Miwa so seeing this print now is just fantastic. The colours are every bit as vibrant as the original.

  • The piece arrived very safely packaged. We haven't yet had it framed, but I'm very excited to see it hanging in our space.

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