Description
‘Let’s Feel the Music II’ by Ana Juan
Artist: Ana Juan
Title: ‘Let’s Feel the Music II’
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 16.5″ x 13.3″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2020
About the Artwork:
I have drawn many cats in my life, illustrated Cat´s books and even a ‘Tarot Cat Deck’. And I can tell many stories about cats but they all follow the same premise: Cats are not what they seem. Contrary to what everyone may think, I don’t have a cat and never had before but I am fascinated for the relationship between them and us. We, poor human beens, make them depositaries of our desires: We find them mysterious, make them gods, and even give them supernatural powers even our most deeply wish, the immortality. Don’t be naive, do what They want. In English the owner of the house is called: HOMEOWNER word that contains … HO – MEOW – NER. It is clear who is in charge in the houses and not only in those of the Saxons. As the Italian writer Italo Calvino said: “The city of cats and the city of humans exist within each other, but they are not the same city.”
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
She began her professional career in Madrid, making herself known through publications such as Madrid y La Luna and collaborating with the newspapers El País and El Mundo. Since then, she has worked around the world illustrating book covers, posters and advertising campaigns. Among these are her covers for The New Yorker magazine, for which she designed 27 covers. She is the author of children’s books and picture books for adults. In 2010, she received the National Illustration Award, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, and in 2012, she was honoured by The Sant Carles Medal of Fine Arts Faculty, Polythenic University of Valencia, Spain. She lives and works in Madrid, Spain, where she continues to illustrate, paint and tell stories through images.