Exclusive New paintings by Fabian Perez
Fabian Perez has released several new paintings for Spring 2012 featuring his much beloved ‘Saba’ and cool guy character ‘Marcus’. Each painting gives a glimpse into their lives and possibly their secrets.
Born in 1967, Fabian Perez grew up outside Buenos Aires in a turbulent world of political upheaval during the post-Peron military regime. Such a childhood could not fail to impact on every area of his life including his artistic ethos, especially when taken in conjunction with his unconventional upbringing. At the age of 9 Fabian Perez became fascinated with the paintbrush, and using watercolours and tempera he painted original portraits of his friends and family. His mother, Edua Herreria, a beautiful Brazilian women, met his father, a handsome and charismatic ladies’ man, Antonio Perez, in the late 1950’s, in Campana, a small city outside Buenos Aires. They married and had four children of whom Fabian is the youngest.
Edua was the creative force in Fabian Perez’s life and Antonio was the inspiration for his work. Fabian Perez witnessed his father’s unorthodox and often difficult life, portraying him in his original paintings as “the cool guy” outside nightclubs and bordellos. Antonio owned a number of brothels and illegal nightclubs in Campana, and was frequently chased and closed down by the police. Nevertheless the young Fabian Perez was constantly exposed to beautiful women who could seduce a man “simply by lighting a cigarette”. Today we see these “ladies of the night” exquisitely portrayed in many of Fabian Perez originals and limited editions – memories of his youth and the nightlife he observed.
Saba with Glass of Red Wine by Fabian Perez
The intimacy and respect with which these “women of the night” are portrayed is due in no small part to his upbringing, where he was befriended and often cared for by girls that other schoolboys were being warned against. The warmth and humanity of these women is as central to his images as their beauty and seductiveness. Like Toulouse Lautrec, whose vibrant but humorous portrayals of the Moulin Rouge cancan dancers offered us a uniquely intimate view of these extraordinary women, it is Fabian Perez’s closeness to the reality of his subjects that sets him apart from other artists who might paint such figures from a greater distance.
Marcus III by Fabian Perez
Study for Woman with White Umbrella by Fabian Perez
Study for the Proposal III by Fabian Perez
Study for Marcus in White by Fabian Perez
For more information about Fabian Perez and his work please visit
Fabian Perez at Artworx Gallery
Alternatively please ring 01543 502971 or email info@artworx.co.uk
Artworx Gallery, Cedars Business Park, Avon Road, Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 1QJ.
