Javier Calleja joins Avant Arte to launch "Floating" and "It wasn't me"

Javier Calleja, one of the most renowned international artists, joins Avant Arte for the launch of a new limited edition of two prints “Floating” & “It wasn’t me”, signed and numbered.

“Floating” shows a carefree figure suspended in the air. Blushing, with his hands shyly in his pockets, he gazes innocently and somewhat mischievously at a daisy perched on his head. The pink letters add lightness to the scene by completing the composition.

“It wasn’t me” The wide-eyed figure, adorned with mischievous horns and a mischievous smile, clearly contradicts the floating text “It wasn’t me”, which hints at a larger story waiting to be told. Full of suggestive contrasts and depicted with a bold use of fiery tones.

Javier composes a diptych of life’s potential and complexity by constructing a “simple but not easy” narrative that suspends each figure in a moment of evocative storytelling. Originally drawn in pencil, Calleja’s soft use of colour lends a dreamlike quality to this snapshot of the limitless possibilities of youth and captures the intriguing intention between innocence and mischief.