(Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1986)
He began his practice as a teenager, making graffiti in Torrevieja, in the south of Spain. Calligraphy and typography, the fundamental focus of graffiti, were the platform from which the artist undertook the development of an abstract or geometric visual language that aims to be both accessible and democratic, parallel to current technological speech. Pantone's work maintains a historical connection with current production methods and with the visual references of the hyper-connected and digitized society. His work is a meditation on the ways in which we consume visual information in current times.
Abstraction is first used as stylistic branding and then poured towards the references of the present time full of infographics, statistics, and visual representations of data that synthesize realities into quickly understandable formats. With this, Pantone reflects on the impact of the digital revolution and global communication on the constitution of the contemporary subject. In today’s accelerated world of industrial production with light, color or previously impossible visual experiences, Pantone recognizes chromatic combinations —such as the glitch or technological failure— as visual experiences linked to contemporary culture. The result is a language that moves between technology and the fine arts, taken to several applications.
Among his most outstanding public installations are the murals commissioned by the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France; the mosaic at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; the murals in two buildings of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; the mural Optichromie at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, USA and the mural 300,000 Km/s on Faria Lima Avenue in São Paulo, Brazil.
He currently lives and works in Valencia, Spain.
Felipe Pantone
SUBTRACTIVE VARIABILITY KOSMOS 4, 2023
UV paint, UHS lacquer, PMMA, aluminum, steel, ball bearings
80 x 80 x 14 cm
Unique
Felipe Pantone
CHROMADYNAMICA MANIPULABLE #37, 2022
UV paint, UHS lacquer, aluminum, ball bearings, pulleys, rubber
Ø150 cm
Unique
Felipe Pantone
OPTICHROMIE #143, 2022
Enamel, UV paint, aluminum composite panel, aluminum
200h x 600w cm
78 94/127h x 236 28/127w in
Unique
Felipe Pantone
SUBTRACTIVE VARIABILITY CIRCULAR #24, 2022
UV paint, UHS lacquer, PMMA, POM, ball bearings, pulleys
Ø 100 cm
Unique
Felipe Pantone
Optichromie Dimensional 2, 2020
UV paint on aluminum
50h x 42w x 13.70d cm
19 37/54h x 16 53/99w x 5 50/127d in
Edition 1 of 15
Felipe Pantone
SUBTRACTIVE VARIABILITY COMPACT 2, 2022
UV paint, PMMA, pulleys
47h x 45w x 5d cm
18 64/127h x 17 43/60w x 1 123/127d in
Edition of 200
Felipe Pantone
Planned Iridescence #37, 2018
UV paint on PMMA and anodized aluminum
75h x 50w cm
29 67/127h x 19 87/127w in
Edition 16 of 20
Felipe Pantone
SUBTRACTIVE VARIABILITY CIRCULAR #28, 2022
UV paint, UHS lacquer, PMMA, POM, ball bearings, pulleys
Ø 120 cm
Unique
Felipe Pantone
Chromadynamica Multistable 2, 2019
UV paint on aluminum composite panel
115h x 120w x 60d cm
45 8/29h x 47 10/41w x 23 28/45d in
Unique
