Alejandro Sanz and Domingo Zapata
La Flor Marchitada, 2018
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60h x 48w in
152.40h x 121.92w cm
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Alejandro Sanz and Domingo Zapata
What I Love About You, 2018
60h x 48w in
152.40h x 121.92w cm
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Alejandro Sanz and Domingo Zapata
The Royal Family, 2018
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72h x 96w in
182.88h x 243.84w cm
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Alejandro Sanz and Domingo Zapata
Betty En Negro, 2018
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40h x 30w in
101.60h x 76.20w cm
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Alejandro Sanz and Domingo Zapata
El Aprendiz, 2018
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60h x 48w in
152.40h x 121.92w cm
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Alejandro Sanz and Domingo Zapata
El Grito, 2018
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26.50h x 21.50w in
67.31h x 54.61w cm
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Alejandro Sanz and Domingo Zapata
Obsesión Clásica, 2018
Acrylic on Canvas
24h x 18w in
60.96h x 45.72w cm
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Alejandro Sanz and Domingo Zapata
She's All About Love, 2018
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26.50h x 21.50w in
67.31h x 54.61w cm
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Alejandro Sanz
Since his debut in 1991 with Viviendo Deprisa through his most recent live album, 2017’s Más Es Más El Concierto, Sanz has established himself as one of the most renowned and influential artists worldwide with more than 25 million records sold. All 16 of his albums have gone multi-platinum in Spain, Latin America or the United States.
Throughout his career, Sanz has collaborated with several leading performers from around the globe, including Alicia Keys, Shakira, Destiny’s Child, Laura Pausini, the Corrs, Ivete Sangalo, Emeli Sandé, Juanes, Juan Luis Guerra, Marc Anthony, Alejandro Fernández, and Tony Bennett.
In 2013, he received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in Boston in recognition of his contributions to music and international culture. In 2017, Sanz received the Gold Medal of the Community of Madrid for his talent, his support of humanitarian causes and his ability to surmount obstacles. He has also received the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts granted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, and the Vision Award bestowed by the White House through the Hispanic Heritage Foundation in recognition of his notable contributions to Latin music.
Alejandro Sanz was honored as the 2017 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year during a prestigious gala held on Nov. 15,2017 in Las Vegas. An 20-time Latin GRAMMY® and three-time GRAMMY winner, Sanz was honored for his artistry and substantial philanthropic contributions to organizations such as Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Greenpeace, among others.
Sanz currently has the largest Twitter following (more than 19 million) among Spanish artists. In addition, he has more than 6 million followers on Facebook and 2 million followers on Instagram.
Domingo Zapata
A true renaissance man, Zapata has worked in everything from sculpture, painting, music, murals, and fashion. This joint exhibition is just another addition to a wildly popular and diverse career, this time exploring the world of music with renown musician Alejandro Sanz.
Born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Zapata splits his time between his studios in New York, Miami and Hollywood creating Neo-Expressionist paintings in both oil and acrylic with the incorporation of mixed media, collage and graffiti featuring often. Famous worldwide, Zapata’s work is sought after from starlets and world monuments alike with a panel planned for the restored colosseum in Rome, and called the “New Andy Warhol” by the New York Post.
For over two decades Zapata has been building up an impressive oeuvre exploring themes of sexuality, opulence, and vitality in his signature style. Layering fantasy and reality, Zapata lured the viewer into a cosmically beautiful world. A songwriter himself, Zapata has helped write lyrics for artists such as Michael Jackson and Jon Secada, This exhibition reaches deep into that poetic imagination.
The singer has inaugurated the show 'Smile', formed by thirty paintings painted in collaboration with the artist Domingo Zapata.
I had to choose between painting and music, things do not go half-way, I used to hang on a string before a canvas like a wall and I crashed against it with my paintings," Alejandro Sanz recently confessed to the agency. Efe . Although he finally opted for the world of music, this week he has taken up his more artistic side and has done it in style, with an exhibition nothing more and nothing less than in New York. A sample formed by thirty paintings painted in collaboration with the Mallorcan artist Domingo Zapata . Both have shown proud the result of their works, among which stands out one with a singular theme: the Royal Family.
Chelsea space gallery owner of HG Contemporary, Philippe Hoerle-Guggenheim, takes to heart when he explains his decision to go for the Madrid singer Alejandro Sanz and the neo -impressionist Mallorcan artist Domingo Zapata , who has been in New York since 1999, with the exhibition 'Smile', which can be seen until May 15.
In the sample, highlights the pieces, made by Sanz and Zapata, with the title 'The withered flower', 'What I love About You' (What I love you) or 'The Royal Family' (The Royal Family), valued between $ 5,000 and $ 65,000 . Without a doubt, especially the last one, it is destined to attract the attention of the Spanish public, because it gives the impression that it portrays the tensions of the Spanish Royal Family .
This joint exhibition is just another addition to a wildly popular and diverse career, this time exploring the world of music with renown musician Alejandro Sanz featuring Domingo Zapata.
In 2017, Sanz received the Gold Medal of the Community of Madrid for his talent, his support of humanitarian causes and his ability to surmount obstacles. He has also received the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts granted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, and the Vision Award bestowed by the White House through the Hispanic Heritage Foundation in recognition of his notable contributions to Latin music.
A true renaissance man, Zapata has worked in everything from sculpture, painting, music, murals, and fashion. Born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Zapata splits his time between his studios in New York, Miami and Hollywood creating Neo-Expressionist paintings in both oil and acrylic with the incorporation of mixed media, collage and graffiti.
The Spanish artist based in Miami Domingo Zapata is the first one who manages to seize his art from a quoted advertising space on the giant screens of the iconic New York Times square , but he is sure that it will not be the last. Born in Mallorca 43 years ago, Zapata has been showing videos of 15 seconds each since last Friday and for two months on the central screens of Manhattan's One Tower , which are shown randomly in this building designed in 1904 by the architect Cyrus LW Eidlitz .
