ARTHORIUS
Year 2024
LIMITED EDITIONS
100 Units 13 x 16 inch
€125 including VAT and shipping*
Sometimes rest becomes a battlefield. There are nights when your subconscious decides it's your turn to save the world and throws you into an epic quest without your asking. You wake up with the feeling of having defended a just cause, convinced you were on the right side of history, even if only in your mind.
However, the concept of a hero can be quite deceptive. Almost always, one person's glory is built upon another's defeat. What we experience as an act of bravery or a necessary victory can be seen, from the other side, as aggression or utter arrogance. The difference between being a liberator and a tyrant is usually not in what you do, but in the perspective of the one telling the story.
Is it possible to defend something tooth and nail without turning someone else into the villain? To what extent does our need to be right transform us into the antagonist of someone else's story? It's a question that usually vanishes as soon as you take off your pajamas, but it's still there when you're dressed in civilian clothes.
It's clear that Gonza has spent the night grappling with intense moral dilemmas; it was quite a struggle for him to choose between Harry Potter y The Hobbit…
TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND PUBLISHING COMMITMENT
If you have decided to purchase a unit of Arthorius, you've made an excellent choice. You're not investing in just another photograph: i don't sell catalog prints. While a large print shop might produce 100,000 copies of a blank image for any waiting room, I'm limiting this essay to a select few. It's the difference between decorating a wall and imbuing it with an identity shared by only a small group of people.
Why such a small edition?
- Workshop Warranty: Limiting the series allows me to personally certify that every cotton fiber and every drop of ink is exactly where it should be.
- Finitude: Just as an honest conversation can't have a thousand participants at once without getting lost, these pieces are limited in size so that the dialogue between the paper and the viewer remains intimate. We don't want to trivialize ideas that have taken years of study as if they were just a merchandising product.
Display standard
- Paper: I only use the best exhibition photographs papers: Canson Baryta 310 g/m² and similar.
- Authenticity: Each work includes certificate of authenticity signed by hand and a system of double void hologram to ensure the integrity of the copy.
File note: Apart from the 100 limited editions, there are 2 AP and 3 large format museum edition copies (Giclée process).
Printer's Note: I apply standard museum margins (10% on the sides/top and 20% on the bottom). The artwork is signed on the right margin, but if you prefer it signed on the back or without the signature, I can adjust that. What matters is the idea.
Shipping: I'm deliberately overly cautious with the protection; it personally pains me to see a piece arrive damaged. Inside the package, you'll find the artwork wrapped in acid-free tissue paper, a certificate of authenticity, care instructions, cotton gloves, and a few other surprises. I also use recycled wood and cardboard with as little plastic as possible to make the packaging environmentally friendly.
* Shipping included within mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands. For other areas, shipping costs are calculated automatically before payment.