ANTONI CARRERA "KARRIS" | ONIRIC SCENERY (2002) | PANORAMIC WATERCOLOR | CATALAN SURREALISM

ANTONI CARRERA "KARRIS" | ONIRIC STAGE (2002) | PANORAMIC WATERCOLOR | CATALAN SURREALISM

The tradition of the Olot School reinterpreted through an oniric and symbolic magnetism. An original watercolor in cinematic format where Antoni Carrera displays his unmistakable surrealist maturity.

HISTORY AND CURATORIAL ANALYSIS

The breaking of the Olot School and the dreamlike landscape

Under the established signature "Karris" we find Antoni Carrera (Olot, 1963), an artist with an international projection (with exhibitions from New York to the Florence Biennale) who carries landscape in his academic heritage. Trained at the prestigious Olot School of Fine Arts, Karris refused to stagnate in classical landscape painting. This work, dated 2002, is a visual manifesto of what he himself defines as his "Surrealist-Figurative-Mediterranean" period.

The artist uses the landscape of rolling hills (possibly his native Garrotxa) and a sunset sky filled with purples and golds merely as a backdrop. The true weight of the work lies in the foreground: three truncated columns, besieged by thorny vines, rise as unnatural pedestals to support the planet Earth, an orange, and a cherry. It is a cryptic composition that invites reflection on the weight of nature, the global versus the local, and the fragility of the ecosystem.

The fluidity of the wash and cinematic proportion

What accentuates the tension of this scene is the boldness of its format: an extreme 12 x 33 cm. Karris forces us to read the work as if it were the panoramic screen of a film, guiding the eye from left to right. Technically, the watercolor seeks inner light; it uses the transparency of water to capture the vibration of the atmosphere, demonstrating that the academic rigor of his training coexists in perfect harmony with absolute intellectual and expressive freedom.

WHY IS THIS PIECE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR COLLECTION?

• Symbolism and Rarity: While the market offers abundant traditional Catalan landscapes, finding pieces where an author from the Olot School breaks the rules to embrace figurative surrealism is a highly coveted curatorial rarity.

• Exceptional Panoramic Format: The pronounced horizontality (almost a 3:1 ratio) breaks with classic cabinet proportions, giving the piece undeniable compositional modernity and magnetic visual presence.

• Identified and International Signature: Endorsed by the clear signature "Karris '02" in the lower left corner, the work ensures its belonging to the mature stage of an artist with a living curriculum and works in institutional collections.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Artist: Antoni Carrera "Karris" (Olot, 1963).

• Title / Theme: Oniric stage / Symbolic nature (Figurative Surrealism).

• Year of creation: 2002.

• Technique and Medium: Original fluid watercolor on continuous paper.

• Documented Dimensions: Approx. 12 x 33 cm (Extremely horizontal / Panoramic format).

• Signature and Inscriptions: Hand-signed in ink "Karris" and dated "02" in the lower left corner.

• Style / Movement: Mediterranean Surrealism / Evolution of the Olot School.

• Provenance: Private collection.

• Condition: Excellent archival quality. The pigments retain extraordinary transparency and saturation (especially in the purples of the sky and the blue of the globe), with no signs of oxidation in the paper.

THE WORKSHOP'S NOTE

Collecting surrealism is embracing mystery. Karris doesn't give us a landscape to recognize a place, but to get lost in an idea. This panoramic watercolor is an exercise in plastic maturity where the absolute mastery of water and color is placed at the service of oniric avant-garde. A piece designed for the erudite collector who seeks established signatures, profound discourses, and bold formats.

Includes Collector's Dossier: This work comes with a research study of the work, prepared and printed by El Taller del Coleccionista, certifying our research and the known provenance.