Do Not Touch

Details

JAVIER CALLEJA (B.1971)
Do Not Touch
signed ‘Javier Calleja’ (on the lower right side)
acrylic on canvas
116 x 100 cm. (45 5⁄8 x 39 3⁄8 in.)
Painted in 2018

Provenance

Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo
Private collection, Asia
Private collection, Asia

Exhibited

Tokyo, Nanzuka Gallery, Do Not Touch, November-December 2018

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

“Every character is a little bit of a self-portrait. So it's me in each one a little bit. My mom asked me, "Javi, you can paint girls. Why you don't paint girls?" I say, "Because I'm not a girl. Every one of these is me.” - Javier Calleja

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