Anton UNAI

Rough and elegant artworks from traditional aesthetic boundaries. Meta-narratives, pop, science, subculture artifacts, religious iconography and a wide breadth of literary references from Therapeutic nihilism to anti Anti art
with the will to Nothingness...
“Desert Rose” by Sting
I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of fire Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire And in the flames Her shadows play in the shape of a man’s desire This desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this And as she turns This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams This fire burns I realize that nothing’s as it seems.

“Desert Rose” by Sting

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of fire
Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire
And in the flames
Her shadows play in the shape of a man’s desire

This desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

And as she turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns
I realize that nothing’s as it seems.

Daisies, Bluebells, joined in Prayer One Summer’s windswept Day, Knowing God and all his Blessings, While with the Wind they Sway.-Dave Vahlberg 6-26-2002

Daisies, Bluebells, joined in Prayer
One Summer’s windswept Day,
Knowing God and all his Blessings,
While with the Wind they Sway.
-Dave Vahlberg 6-26-2002

JOHN KAAGs HAM SANDWICH, 2013



John Kaag was the kind of kid who worried about the bus crashing, or about getting hit by it, or about his ham sandwich. Naturally, he became a philosopher… ————————————
Technique: Paper, photocopy, pens, ninja starsSize: A4 
unframed and signed.

JOHN KAAGs HAM SANDWICH, 2013

John Kaag was the kind of kid who worried about the bus crashing, or about getting hit by it, or about his ham sandwich. Naturally, he became a philosopher…

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Technique: Paper, photocopy, pens, ninja stars

Size: A4 

unframed and signed.

                   THE BRANDY OF THE DAMNED, 2013

This three-dimensional installation made specifically for the band Chvrches, is site-specific for the The club BERGHAIN  located in a former power plant and designed to transform the perception of music.
If you look deep enough you will see music in the paintings. ————————————
Technique: Wood plates found in the street, fast painting, lights, arrows, sticks, old books, gadgets, paper.

Size: 20 sqm2

AFRICA S ..REAMS…, 2013




Africa Screams is a 1949 comedy film starring Abbott and Costello and directed by Charles Barton that parodied the safari genre. ————————————
Technique: Photocopy, acrylics, acetone, glue, fixers on PHOTO paper.
Size: 40 cm x 50 cm.
unframed, signed and available.

AFRICA S ..REAMS…, 2013


Africa Screams is a 1949 comedy film starring Abbott and Costello and directed by Charles Barton that parodied the safari genre. ————————————

Technique: Photocopy, acrylics, acetone, glue, fixers on PHOTO paper.

Size: 40 cm x 50 cm.

unframed, signed and available.

Tigers are also incorrigibly competitive - they simply cannot pass up a challenge, especially when honor is at stake, or they are protecting those they love. Tigers are unpredictable and it would be unwise to underestimate their reactions. They may appear cool, but they have the Big Cat’s instincts to pounce at a moment’s warning.

Tigers are also incorrigibly competitive - they simply cannot pass up a challenge, especially when honor is at stake, or they are protecting those they love. Tigers are unpredictable and it would be unwise to underestimate their reactions. They may appear cool, but they have the Big Cat’s instincts to pounce at a moment’s warning.

LA FORNARINA…Portrait of a Young Woman, 2013



For love of women and art. Was Raphael a chaste saint who sublimated his passion into his work? Or was he a womanizer who died in the arms of his mistress?.  It is probable that the picture was in the painter’s studio at his death in 1520. Remarkable remake by Anton UNAI.————————————
Technique: Photocopy, acrylics, acetone, glue, fixers on PHOTO paper.
Size: 40 cm x 50 cm.
unframed, signed and available.

LA FORNARINA…Portrait of a Young Woman, 2013

For love of women and art. Was Raphael a chaste saint who sublimated his passion into his work? Or was he a womanizer who died in the arms of his mistress?.  It is probable that the picture was in the painter’s studio at his death in 1520. Remarkable remake by Anton UNAI.

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Technique: Photocopy, acrylics, acetone, glue, fixers on PHOTO paper.

Size: 40 cm x 50 cm.

unframed, signed and available.


TAKE WHAT YOU NEED, 2013



What’s neo about neoliberalism? Coined by British philosophers, the label is a staple of academic prose and left-wing polemics. But what does it mean?————————————
Technique: FOUND ON A POST IN THE STREET TODAYSize: A4 BITTEN
unframed and signed.

TAKE WHAT YOU NEED, 2013

What’s neo about neoliberalism? Coined by British philosophers, the label is a staple of academic prose and left-wing polemics. But what does it mean?
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Technique: FOUND ON A POST IN THE STREET TODAY

Size: A4 BITTEN

unframed and signed.

ANTI DARWINIST…, 2013




Robin ODIN was a charismatic lecturer, craven racist, staunch anti-Darwinist. He was also brilliant. Harvard didn’t give him a job; it built him a sculpture.————————————
Technique:Photocopy, acrylics, acetone, glue, fixers on PHOTO paper.
Size: 40 cm x 50 cm.
unframed, signed and available.

ANTI DARWINIST…, 2013

Robin ODIN was a charismatic lecturer, craven racist, staunch anti-Darwinist. He was also brilliant. Harvard didn’t give him a job; it built him a sculpture.
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Technique:Photocopy, acrylics, acetone, glue, fixers on PHOTO paper.

Size: 40 cm x 50 cm.

unframed, signed and available.


DESIRE NOTHING, FEAR NOTHING…, 2013


Animals, said Descartes, “eat without pleasure, cry without pain, grow without knowing it; they desire nothing, fear nothing, know nothing. And then came  the wild-ways of hen heckling, rabbit kidnapping and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures of Sebastian Wolf.————————————

Technique: Pen on paper. Old styleSize: 40 cm x 50 cm.
unframed, signed and available.

DESIRE NOTHING, FEAR NOTHING…, 2013

Animals, said Descartes, “eat without pleasure, cry without pain, grow without knowing it; they desire nothing, fear nothing, know nothing. And then came the wild-ways of hen heckling, rabbit kidnapping and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures of Sebastian Wolf.
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Technique: Pen on paper. Old style

Size: 40 cm x 50 cm.

unframed, signed and available.

The wall above our buffet does not have a backsplash. We had people over recently and put some canvases and painted on the buffet. Someone apparently spilled or splashed an oily colour against the wall, leaving two or three spots or discolorations.

I’m afraid to touch it because I might make it worse. Any ideas on how to safely clean this?. Please contact me. Anton Unai in the studio


LINA BEAUTIFUL, POLYGLOT BUT THEN…, 2013



Lina Codina – beautiful, polyglot, soprano – had every reason to expect a bright future. Ah, but then she married Sergei Prokofiev.————————————
Technique:Photocopy, acrylics, acetone, glue, fixers on PHOTO paper.
Size: 40 cm x 50 cm.
unframed, signed and available.




 

LINA BEAUTIFUL, POLYGLOT BUT THEN…, 2013

Lina Codina – beautiful, polyglot, soprano – had every reason to expect a bright future. Ah, but then she married Sergei Prokofiev.
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Technique:Photocopy, acrylics, acetone, glue, fixers on PHOTO paper.

Size: 40 cm x 50 cm.

unframed, signed and available.