Art characterizes us as a species. It is in the essence of our nature. Before writing, we already knew how…
With the “Feel Free” project, VINZ asserts that human nudity is a symbol of naturalness and personal freedom. Each character represents values and a symbol, much like a type of fable. Thus, naked people with bird heads represent freedom, police officers with lizard heads represent oppression, fish in striped swimsuits represent excessive consumption, and the minotaur represents resistance.
The “Feel Free” project is expressed through photographic collages for the bodies, combined with head painting and details, suggesting intertwined real and dream worlds. It has been exhibited in cultural centers such as the Walter Benjamin Contemporary Art Center in Perpignan, where works of Street Art created specifically for Perpignan are showcased.
During the 5th Incubarte Festival (2012), he intervened with a mural titled Don’t be afraid/No tengas miedo, depicting three riot police officers charging with their batons against three women (naked bodies, bird heads) on a wall in the El Carmen neighborhood of Valencia, which had the property owner’s permission. It was a tribute to the women of the miners of Asturias, León, and Teruel, who had begun a march on foot to Madrid. Several witnesses claimed that his mural was torn down by police officers, leaving only the naked figures and removing the police figures, which generated a controversy in the media that reached the Spanish Congress, in the Control of Government Action, and a response from it. In 2020, the original work was acquired and incorporated into the Contemporary Art Collection of the Generalitat Valenciana.
