Captivating New Work at 12+1 Project from Elisa Capdevilla

One of three female artists keep these walls on lockdown right now in Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Capdevilla says she’s calling into question our classical comparisons of our own bodies to those ideals of Eurocentric sculptures and painters from centuries ago.

Elisa Capdevila. Bodies. Contorno Urbano Foundation. 12+1 Project. Barcelona. March 2019. (photo © Clara Antón)

She says “the plaster bodies are a good analogy for the rigid canons of beauty we’re used to,” and you can see exactly what she is talking about, from many angles.

Elisa Capdevila. Bodies. Contorno Urbano Foundation. 12+1 Project. Barcelona. March 2019. (photo © Clara Antón)

Organizers of the parent project “Contorno Urbano,” itself a grassroots run collection of public and Street Artists and their admirers, say work like this hits one of their many people-fueled goals. “We keep working every day to normalize women’s participation in Street art projects, because art belongs to all of us.”

Of all body types! Ya heard?

Elisa Capdevila. Bodies. Contorno Urbano Foundation. 12+1 Project. Barcelona. March 2019. (photo © Clara Antón)
Elisa Capdevila. Bodies. Contorno Urbano Foundation. 12+1 Project. Barcelona. March 2019. (photo © Clara Antón)
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