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In doing so, Plaza reverses the classical metaphor of the blindfolded goddess: justice here emerges not from blindness, but from expanded perception —the ability to see in all directions. As the artist states, \"only kindness weighs as much as she does.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/b\u003e Oil with brushes, palette knives and wide brushes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSupport:\u003c\/b\u003e canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 146 X 97 X 2 CM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDate:\u003c\/b\u003e March 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocation:\u003c\/b\u003e Granada (Spain)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plaza Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52845863305581,"sku":null,"price":1.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0964\/8721\/1373\/files\/7.L_VERT_THUMBNAILS.jpg?v=1771921272"},{"product_id":"bull-plaza-2022","title":"Bull Plaza (2022)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBull Plaza stands as one of Alex R. Plaza’s first explorations of energy as a pictorial language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bull, stripped of any cultural or bullfighting associations, becomes a universal symbol of impulse and vitality —a force that moves forward, fragments, and rebuilds itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition captures a body in simultaneous motion —a condensed sequence of time— where overlapping forms suggest discontinuity and temporal leaps. This almost “glitch-like” structure anticipates the artist’s later vocabulary: fragmentation as a way of understanding reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough vigorous brushwork and tense geometric planes, the figure turns into an archetype of inner struggle —instinct confronting restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this sense, Bull Plaza operates as a metaphor for the creative act itself: the collision between control and freedom, between form and the energy that strives to surpass it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/b\u003e Oil paint applied with brush, palette knife and traditional broom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSupport:\u003c\/b\u003e Canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 146 X 97 X 2 CM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDate:\u003c\/b\u003e March 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocation:\u003c\/b\u003e Granada (Spain)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plaza Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52845871235437,"sku":null,"price":1.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0964\/8721\/1373\/files\/5.XL_HORI_THUMBNAILS.jpg?v=1771920812"},{"product_id":"oniric-dream-i-buu-2023","title":"Oniric Dream I, BUU (2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOniric Dream I, BUU marks a turning point in Plaza's artistic path: a work that delves into memory and the subconscious as territories where the images that shape us reside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting reinterprets an archetypal childhood figure —the one that first sparked the artist’s desire to draw—, proposing a reconciliation between what we once were and what we continue to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beam of light cuts through the composition as a metaphor for consciousness: a force that reveals and dissolves fragments of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe central character is deconstructed into geometric planes and overlapping faces, each carrying its own emotional tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece reflects on multiplicity —on the coexistence of masks and contradictions— through a symbolic and cubist language that portrays the movement between inner states.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOniric Dream I, BUU becomes a celebration of unlearning: a return to the essential gaze, where memory and creation merge in freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/b\u003e Oil applied with brushes, palette knives and oil sticks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSupport:\u003c\/b\u003e round canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e Ø 80 CM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDate:\u003c\/b\u003e December 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocation:\u003c\/b\u003e Granada (Spain)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plaza Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52845878215021,"sku":null,"price":1.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0964\/8721\/1373\/files\/6.L_VERT_THUMBNAILS_74abaf42-c4a0-4f64-b14e-83342170d03c.jpg?v=1772157319"},{"product_id":"ghost-i-2024","title":"Ghost I (2024)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGhost I reinterprets the popular imagery of PAC-MAN as a metaphor for contemporary life and its cycles of power, fear, and opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaza deconstructs one of the game's ghosts and turns it into a symbol—suspended between irony and social critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work examines the shifting roles of hunter and hunted, a duality that defines both the gameplay and the individual’s place within modern systems. The duplicated eyes embody this tension: one exerts control, the other recoils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pixelated geometry of the digital icon merges with curving, tactile brushwork, bringing a physical dimension that challenges the flat logic of the screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than nostalgia, Ghost I is a meditation on the human condition in the age of consumption—a reminder that even within the tightest maze, there is always a moment to reverse the chase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/b\u003e Oil with brushes, wide brushes, pastel pencils and oil pastels\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSupport:\u003c\/b\u003e canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 40.6 X 50.8 X 1.5 CM | 16 x 20\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDate:\u003c\/b\u003e June 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocation:\u003c\/b\u003e Sydney (Australia)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plaza Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52845889847661,"sku":null,"price":1.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0964\/8721\/1373\/files\/5.S_VERT_THUMBNAILS.jpg?v=1771920811"},{"product_id":"utzon-x-platon-2024","title":"Utzon x Platón (2024)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUtzon x Platon reflects on thought as a habitable space and on drawing as a bridge between the realm of ideas and that of matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking as a starting point the famous self-portrait that architect Jørn Utzon —designer of the Sydney Opera House— drew in 1967, Plaza reinterprets that gesture not as homage but as a re-reading: an exploration of how intuition turns into form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is divided into three symbolic regions evoking the different levels of creative consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the upper right, the conscious individual remains alert to the external world; at the centre, the field of thought, where the senses fade and the mind dives inward; and along the lower left, the Platonic realm of ideas, where shapes pulse before being named.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hands, drawn in dialogue with the line, act as conduits between these worlds —the channel through which the immaterial becomes visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, drawing transcends its preparatory role to become a philosophical act: a map of the mental process that gives rise to creation itself, and a reminder that true architecture —that of thought— is always built from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/b\u003e Charcoal sticks, charcoal pencils, sanguine and oil pastels\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSupport:\u003c\/b\u003e Heavyweight paper (Arches 185 GSM SHT Medium NW)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 56 x 76 CM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDate:\u003c\/b\u003e July 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocation:\u003c\/b\u003e Sydney (Australia)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/thepoetsmadness.com\/collections\/all-artworks\/products\/utzon-x-platon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAvailable exclusively at The Poet’s Madness Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plaza Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52845894435181,"sku":null,"price":3950.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0964\/8721\/1373\/files\/5.L_VERT_THUMBNAILS_7de349e9-b38e-4df2-a99a-dea4e84e3d22.jpg?v=1772424923"}],"url":"https:\/\/plaza-art.com\/collections\/independent-works-series.oembed","provider":"Plaza Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}