The Aston Martin Residences Art Gallery welcomes abstract artist Louis Carreon, arsenic the latest featured endowment for its Virtual Art Gallery accumulation series.
Californian-born Carreon follows successful the footsteps of Julian Lennon, Aaron Schwartz, Fabio Mesa, Robi Walters, Michele Utley Voigt and Rafael Delceggio, each of whom person displayed their unsocial artwork successful the Aston Martin Residences Virtual Art Gallery. Carreon’s exclusive exhibition, entitled “An Addicts Halo,” volition beryllium featured for 2 months arsenic a three-dimensional immersive experience, replicating the residence’s carnal creation assemblage being developed connected the 52nd floor, and tin present beryllium viewed via a virtualtour here
Carreon’s grounds shows a postulation of works that bespeak connected his ain beingness experiences, portrayed done his signature oil, charcoal, aerosol and acrylic connected linen medium. In the fusion of African and South American tribal and people motifs, with the pictorial abstraction of Old Masters and the scarified mark-making of punk-inflected modernism, Carreon has recovered a dependable authentically his own, and uniquely suited to archer his multi-faceted travel of all-time highs, shadowy lows, and momentum towards reinvention.
“I’m a vandal astatine heart,” says Carreon, who started retired arsenic a tagger. “I’m a 40-year-old businessman – but arsenic an creator I’m inactive a kid.” Carreon is precise overmuch engaged successful the question of his identity, his spot successful nine and culture, and however to find bid successful this world. If this looks similar creation that saved someone’s life, it’s due to the fact that it has. His. Through 2 years successful situation and 10 years of sobriety, Carreon realized a fewer things astir awareness, motivation, and intimacy. For him, the existent powerfulness of creation doesn’t prevarication wholly successful however bully you are astatine immoderate fixed moment; you tin ever get better. He often asks the question Who are you coating for? “At slightest 1 portion of that reply amended beryllium for yourself oregon you’re successful trouble,” says Carreon. “I archer my fans connected Instagram, the kids especially, ‘I overgarment for me. You should overgarment for yourself.’”
Carreon is besides pleased to contiguous "Paintitecture Fantasy," an archetypal mentation for the Aston Martin Residences’ imperishable postulation – inspired by the residences’ sail-shaped architecture and tropical situation -- portraying the 66-storey operation lasting gangly nether the blazing prima of South Florida.
Drawing from his colorful past and inheritance successful graffiti, rapping, skateboarding and surfing, Californian-born Louis Carreon is simply a visionary modern creator known for his enigmatic, abstract images inspired by spiritual iconography. Using creation to bespeak connected the adversities of his past, his enactment fuses modern ideas with classical concepts, paying homage to creation history. In summation to marque collaborations with UBS, Art Basel, Denison Yachts, Soho House, Viper Room and the Stanley Cup, Carreon has exhibited his artworks internationally, including successful Mexico City, Madrid and New York City. Notably, Louis has been commissioned by Landmark Aviation to overgarment its communicative ISOT (International Symbols of Travel) onto a 12-seater backstage jet, arsenic good arsenic by Dimension Superyachts to overgarment ISOT connected a mega yacht for consecutive years during Art Basel. Currently, Louis is moving connected his Ryzantine narratives, updating spiritual and spiritual iconography for the modern world.
Louis Carreon’’s An Addicts Halo grounds tin present beryllium viewed astatine the Aston Martin Residences immersive 3D virtual gallery, at https://astonmartinresidences.github.io/virtualtour/.