(Sabadell, Spain, 1984)
Aleix Font Arroyo [a.k.a. Rata Con Corbata] combines play and spontaneity to reflect on the grid as a symbol of order and control. His practice uses the materiality of graffiti as a working methodology—stains, drips, and spontaneous marks—to create painterly fictions that address tensions such as chaos and structure, the individual and the collective, while exploring concepts including space, emptiness, borders, and identity. His work reflects on how our surroundings are organized and seeks new visualities through which to navigate them.
Since 2014, he has explored a range of collective creation methodologies, collaborating with communities in peripheral neighbourhoods to produce murals and installations that incorporate their voices and identities. These experiences enrich his artistic practice, allowing him to reflect on themes such as public space, borders, and identity, while establishing a dialogue between the communal and the individual.
You can see his work exhibited at: «AR-DE [4]» y «THE LAB».
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