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PROPAGANDA

" Through the series of drawings that make up "Propaganda" I want to analyze the aesthetics of power and its codes of representation throughout history. For this purpose, I have used a series of images that have been used as political, military or revolutionary propaganda from ancient Egypt to present day. The selection of these images corresponds to personal preferences and to a very specific way of reading and understanding history. Therefore, art history has a basic importance in the development of this project, since an important part of the images that I will use as references to make these drawings belongs to paintings and sculptures that have been used as a political tool along the centuries. Photography and cinema are obviously two other direct reference sources, especially for those works that refer to events that took place in the 20th and 21st centuries. With this project I intend to reflect on the role of art in our society, highlighting something that is not new: the political and social dimension of art and its inevitable influence on how history is told.

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Sarcophagus. Compressed charcoal and pastel on paper, 140 x 240 cm. 2018

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Family. Compressed charcoal and pastel on paper, 140 x 200 cm. 2018

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Napoleon Crossing the Alps. Compressed charcoal and pastel on paper, 170 x 140 cm. 2018

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Napoleon (Brando). Compressed charcoal on paper, 100 x 70 cm. 2018

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Napoleon. Compressed charcoal on paper, 100 x 70 cm. 2018

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Innocentius X. Compressed charcoal on paper, 140 x 110 cm. 2019

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Harmodius and Aristogeiton. Compressed charcoal and pastel on paper, 200 x 140 cm. 2019

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Philip IV of Spain. Compressed charcoal on paper, 200 x 102 cm. 2019

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Black Panthers at Yale University. Compressed charcoal on paper, 203 x 140 cm. 2019

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Alexander Sarcophagus. Compressed charcoal on paper, 83,5 x 200 cm. 2019

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Philip II of Spain. Compressed charcoal on paper, 140 x 112 cm. 2019

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Statue of Kneeling Captive. Compressed charcoal on paper, 70 x 50 cm. 2019

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Portrait of a member of the Wedigh Family. Compressed charcoal on paper, 91 x 70 cm. 2019

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Louis XVI, king of France, writing his testament. Compressed charcoal on paper, 150 x 117 cm. 2019

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Tehran 1979. Compressed charcoal on paper, 150 x 220 cm. 2019

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Falling Warrior. Compressed charcoal on paper, 70 x 90 cm. 2019

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Portrait of Marten Looten. Compressed charcoal on paper, 150 x 119 cm. 2019

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Statue of a Soviet soldier. Compressed charcoal on paper, 200 x 100 cm. 2019

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The Adventus of Vespasian. Compressed charcoal on paper, 140 x 290 cm. 2019

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Charles III. Compressed charcoal on paper, 198 x 140 cm. 2019

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The Death of Marat. Compressed charcoal on paper, 150 x 115 cm. 2019

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Cosimo I de’ Medici. Compressed charcoal on paper, 140 x 109 cm. 2019

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Compressed charcoal on paper, 140 x 102 cm. 2019

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Portrait of Comtesse d’Haussonville. Compressed charcoal on paper, 150 x 107 cm. 2020

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Francisco Franco. Compressed charcoal on paper, 180 x 137 cm. 2020

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Vladimir Lenin in Smolny. Compressed charcoal on paper, 140 x 212 cm. 2020

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Portrait of Alexander II pierced by bayonets. Compressed charcoal on paper, 100 x 100 cm. 2020

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Napoleon I as Emperor. Compressed charcoal on paper, 200 x 130 cm. 2020

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Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware. Compressed charcoal and tempera on paper, 93 x 150 cm. 2020

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