Rafael Landea

CFdP

This series of paintings was inspired by the Argentinean film “Historias Extraordinarias” directed by Mariano Llinás. Throughout one of the stories, we see a series of concrete monoliths that were erected as markers for a hydrologic system that was never built. One character in the movie tries to trace them in order of construction date to reconstruct the past.

I reimagined these monoliths as landmarks to moments in time where people might have met and created new life experiences.  As silent witnesses to private meetings, romances, family picnics, secret transactions or perhaps simply a place to rest on the way home, over time, the monoliths acquire a new significance as a historical registry of experiences in spite of the fact that their original purpose was never fulfilled.

Stills from “Historias Extraordinarias”, Mariano Llinás

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Monolito, CFdP

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Rafael Landea

Rafael Landea Artista Visual

A visual artist, Rafael Landea creates paintings and drawings in both traditional and digital media. His artistic style was greatly influenced by an early job as a theater stage designer resulting in artistic interpretations which are deeply narrative and inspired by historical facts, literature, theater, films, music and architecture.
His work has been recognized by institutions such as the San Francisco Arts Commission, Artery Project and Center for Cultural Innovation, plus was featured at Our Radar by Creative Capital New York.

He has shown his paintings at venues worldwide, including:

  • San Francisco, California: The Exploratorium, Grace Cathedral Gallery, Gensler Design.
  • Buenos Aires: Holocaust Museum, Malvinas Museum, Art and Memory Museum and Centro Cultural Haroldo Conti.
  • Participated in collective exhibitions in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay and Cuba.

Rafael’s murals can be seen today in Buenos Aires, La Plata and San Francisco. He was lead artistic collaborator on Munú Actis Goretta’s mosaic murals near Turin and in Genoa, Italy.

Rafael has developed illustrations media and publishers in Argentina including Anfibia, Malisia, EME Ediciones B and Universities.

Rafael received his MFA at La Plata University, Argentina and developed his professional career between Buenos Aires and San Francisco. Rafael moved to Catalonia, Spain in 2024

He is developing a digital series inspired by the lives of two Native American men from opposite regions in north and south America, whose stories and destinies present surprising similarities.

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