Marina Capdevila

<div>As a freelance illustrator, she can boast some solid names in her portfolio. Reebok, Zara, Movistar, they all joined Capdevila's work. No wonder when you consider her remarkable style. This Spanish is mainly inspired by the beauty of older people. The artist does not shy away from exaggeration and irony.
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<br>Marina looks to the future with her Ostend work, but immediately turned it into a political message. You see an elderly lady drinking a cocktail at a rubbish dump. She wants to make us think about the climate, a popular theme with today's street artists.<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Als freelance illustrator kan ze uitpakken met enkele stevige namen in haar portfolio. Reebok, Zara, Movistar, ze schoven allemaal aan voor Capdevilas werk. Geen wonder als je naar haar opmerkelijke stijl kijkt. Deze Spaanse laat zich vooral inspireren door de schoonheid van oudere mensen. Daarbij schuwt de artieste de overdrijving en ironie niet.</div><div><br>Marina kijkt met haar Oostends werk naar de toekomst, maar maakte er meteen een politieke boodschap van. Je ziet een oudere dame een cocktailtje drinken op een vuilnisbelt. Daarmee wil ze ons doen nadenken over het klimaat, een populair thema bij de street artists van vandaag.</div>

Junkyard Cocktail

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<div><br>"The Little Birds" is the Last mural I've painted in the new student residence @livensa_studenthousing_es in Granada, produced by @rebobinart</div><div><br>“the little birds” is also the name of the neighborhood where this intervention is located. I liked the idea of ​​representing the little birds coming out of the head as a symbol of creativity and freedom for the future students who will live there, who are not afraid to let their ideas fly.<br><br>A mural art intervention by illustrator Marina Capdevila on a 242 square metre wall in the new student residence in Granada is the finishing touch to Livensa Living's new student residence. Here, the Catalan illustrator has left her unmistakable artistic imprint on the mural including her distinctive rebellious and modern eighty-year-old characters, as a celebration of lifelong learning.<br><br>As the Spanish popular saying goes: “The devil is wiser for being old than for being evil”*. It affirms that experience and therefore age, is synonymous with wisdom, which has led artist Marina Capdevila to draw on this popular saying giving it a 180-degree twist for her urban intervention in Los Pajaritos neighbourhood. The Catalan has portrayed an elderly woman showing a millennial attitude and aesthetics, with birds flying out of her head. These birds, which refer to ideas, knowledge and imagination, are the element linking free, rebellious and "cool" youth spirit to maturity and its lessons, acquired by any human being as time goes by. After all, what old and young people have in common is the fact that we never stop learning, whether it is because of the lessons life teaches us or as a result of that never-ending curiosity to discover new things.<br><br>The work also winks at Los Pajaritos crowded neighbourhood, where the new student residence Livensa Living Granada Fuentenueva is located, whose construction has brought new life to the area and has opened up a new pedestrian area and a large square for the use and enjoyment of both youth and the elderly.<br><br>The mural has been managed by the creative producer company Rebobinart and was carried out from 11th to 24th April</div>

The little birds

<div>What inspires Marina Capdevila is the beauty that doesn’t follow the aesthetical ideals, like older people, timeless characters lost in a society in which they need to try hard to understand. Marina’s muse is her grandmother. What she wants to communicate with her art is the desire to reach the older age with full energy. In her mural there’s a strong and current message related to the problem of plastics. Our acts, no matter how small, are reflected directly into our planet, and into our future.&nbsp;</div>

"Greetings from your favorite beach in 2025"

<div>It is assumed that Marina Capdevila was inspired by her grandmother<br>She represents, mature women, housewives, gossiping, who want to reach old age with full vitality and who come from spending a great day of fishing<br><br><br><br>Se supone que Marina Capdevila se inspiró en su abuela<br>Representa a mujeres maduras, amas de casa, cotilleando, que quieren alcanzar la vejez con plena vitalidad y que vienen de pasar un gran día de pesca&nbsp;</div>

House wifes - Marujas 

<div>Painting created by Marina Capdevila on the external facade of the Guido Galli Institute. The intervention is characterized by the particular imagination of the Catalan author, and by the umpteenth reflection on the controversies of this particular historical moment. The painting wants to underline how important it is for man to put aside divisions, be they gender, ethnicity or religion.</div>

All In, All Win

<div>"The mural is inspired by the old thermal baths of the village dated from 1800. My old ladies know how to do it 🧖🏻‍♀️🧖🏻‍♀️🧖🏻‍♀️ Self care matters, even at your eighties".&nbsp; This mural is part of RexeneraFest 2019. &nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/marinacapdevila/">https://www.instagram.com/marinacapdevila/</a> &nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rexenerafest/">https://www.instagram.com/rexenerafest/</a> &nbsp;<a href="https://www.rexenerafest.gal/">https://www.rexenerafest.gal/</a></div>

Black mask at the termal baths

<div>Colourful mural in a geriàtric residence, a tribute to elderly. The artwork is a very personal project. <br>I recomend to visit @marinacapdevila Instagram or her website for further information about the project. <br><a href="https://www.marinacapdevila.com/viejas-glorias-spain">https://www.marinacapdevila.com/viejas-glorias-spain</a></div>

Viejas glorias 

<div>Mural created in 2021 by the Catalan artist <strong>Marina Capdevila </strong>during the 3rd edition of <strong>Delas Fest,</strong> a feminist and contextual urban art festival. The artwork honours the role of rural women in the transmission of intangible heritage and in sustaining collective wellbeing. It is on one of the walls of the Auditorium Constante Liste of the Teo City Council.</div>

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