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Xavi Carbonell
Xavi Carbonell, Untitled mixed media on canvas framed, 2025

2025

$6,950
£5,291.48
€6,329.75
CA$9,907.94
A$10,086.80
CHF 5,839.99
MX$133,175.02
NOK 65,279.06
SEK 69,657.93
DKK 47,477.87

About the Item

Xavi Carbonell — Large Scale Contemporary Spanish Mixed Media Painting Bold, exuberant, and immediately engaging, this large scale work by Spanish contemporary artist Xavi Carbonell (b. 1971) brings together gestural abstraction, whimsical figuration, graffiti inspired mark making, and an extraordinary sense of color and movement. Against a warm neutral ground, Carbonell creates an animated universe populated by fantastical creatures, fragmented figures, expressive faces, spontaneous drawings, splashes of vivid red, blue, yellow, pink, and green, and energetic layers of line and paint. The monumental black and red figure anchoring the composition gives the work considerable visual presence, while the smaller characters and seemingly improvised details reward closer viewing. The result is playful and joyful without being lightweight, a sophisticated contemporary painting with the immediacy and freedom of a child's uninhibited imagination. Carbonell's visual language has affinities with Jean-Michel Basquiat's raw, graffiti infused energy, Joan Miró's biomorphic imagination, Cy Twombly's spontaneous mark making, and Pablo Picasso's expressive approach to the figure, while remaining distinctly his own. Elements of Neo Expressionism, Art Brut, street art, and contemporary figurative abstraction converge in a work that feels simultaneously sophisticated, rebellious, humorous, and fresh. Carbonell deliberately leaves his works untitled, allowing the viewer to discover personal narratives within his densely populated compositions. Here, characters appear to converse, collide, dance, and emerge from the surrounding abstraction, creating a painting that changes continually as the eye moves across its surface. Born in Alcoi, Spain, in 1971, Xavi Carbonell has exhibited internationally throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. His distinctive paintings appeal to collectors drawn to contemporary Spanish art and to expressive, highly individual works that combine serious painterly presence with wit, optimism, and spontaneity. With its scale, dynamic composition, and unmistakable personality, this is a particularly compelling statement piece for a significant contemporary interior, private collection, hospitality environment, or corporate collection.
  • Creator:
    Xavi Carbonell (1971, Spanish)
  • Creation Year:
    2025
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 58 in (147.32 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: XC20581stDibs: LU15518616042

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