The poster for the 46th Vila Prize is the work of Robert Garcia from Martorell. The illustrator has made an image that alludes to the poetry contest and contextualizes it with the current moment of pandemic. There is a girl, who takes notes to prepare her text in order to participate, boxed in her house among various household objects.
The illustrator emphasizes that he was very excited to receive the commission for the prestigious and historic contest, and that by establishing contact with the technique of the Martorell Library Josefina Canals, she suggested that he embody it. somehow, the present moment.
For this reason, the creator reflected and was inspired by the first moments of the pandemic: “The most complicated and complex part was last spring, the beginnings of everything with home confinement. The illustration shows this feeling and the moment when we were all locked up at home and the four walls were falling on us ”.
Robert García, il·lustrador
The result is an illustration “where a girl appears with a notepad in which she writes the text to present to the Prize. It is accompanied by an armchair, a sofa, a plant and a lamp. It surrounds everything, and brings the feeling of being locked up at home. She appears oversized and the house is small, and gives the feeling of not having space “, he describes. The only element that exudes freedom is a bird.
Garcia adds a new reflection: “During the time we were locked up at home and we couldn’t do anything else, the imagination has been the only part of us able to get out of the four walls. I did it by drawing, and this girl does it by writing ”.
Robert García, il·lustrador
Garcia has been working in illustration for years. So far he has worked in various publishing houses and published some illustrated stories and albums for the little ones in the house. In Martorell he presented the book two years ago If I had the magic of a magician, written by Eulàlia Canal in collaboration with Tot Sona and her illustrations.
Recently, he spoke to Martorelletres about the latest titles he has published with Carambuco Edicions such as Things that change, a book that deals with how to deal with the changes that occur throughout life, the fear they generate and how to work with it. And the latest work, published with Mediterrània: “It is a book entitled Search and find in the Museums of Barcelona. There are 11 museums, and in each there are 11 objects to look for. It includes curiosities that we have to find in it and it is a very fun book, that we can even take to the museums and make the visit finding the things that are represented ”.
Robert García, il·lustrador
Soon, Robert will close a story edited with The Strain and the Handle, which could be in bookstores in a month. He also plans to start a project with another person from Martorell in work with the publishing house Mediterrània in the spring.
Source: Web de notícies de l'Ajuntament de Martorell by martorelldigital.cat.
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