Ruan de la Rica (1979 - Saltadora

Juan de la Rica
Saltadora, 2022
12-color screen printing
Print run 30
Dimensions 50 x 70 cm
Signed and numbered on the front.
excellent condition

I like to say that the subject is nothing more than a MacGuffin, to use Hitchcock’s language—a plot device for the painting to advance. Any motif can motivate the technically brilliant Spanish painter Juan de la Rica to create new works—just as in Hitchcock's films, where any person or trivial object can propel the plot forward. De la Rica's fascination with the 'Saltadora,' as seen in his signed, nine-color screen print from 2022, does not stem from the jumper herself but from the challenge of making this figure entirely his own artistically. The high recognizability of his works owes itself to a strong sense of form and great expressiveness. At first glance, the works seem to be out of their time: the 20th century echoes here—and yet, they are also wonderfully inscribed with the present day.
Juan de la Rica (*1979 in Bilbao) completed a BFA at the University of the Basque Country in 2007. Since then, his works have been exhibited in numerous national and international solo and group exhibitions.