{"id":73739,"date":"2017-01-28T01:01:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=73739"},"modified":"2016-11-08T11:57:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T10:57:10","slug":"el-pez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/el-pez\/","title":{"rendered":"El Pez, the smiling fish artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/contemporary-modern-artists-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>artist<\/strong><\/a> has its own history &#8211; the how, the why, and the when. Those little questions are what defines the <strong>artist<\/strong>, its style, attitude and motivation to produce with feeling and expression. Here is the story of <strong>El Pez<\/strong>, the artist that brought to life the <strong>smiling<\/strong> <strong>fish<\/strong> that is already a success around the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/el-pez\/#Why_choose_street_art\" title=\"Why choose street art\">Why choose street art<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/el-pez\/#More_than_just_a_fish\" title=\"More than just a fish\">More than just a fish<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_choose_street_art\"><\/span>Why choose street art<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_73743\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73743\" class=\"wp-image-73743 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Photo-by-duncan-via-Visualhunt.com-CC-BY-NC-e1469020368554-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by: duncan via Visualhunt.com \/CC BY-NC\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-73743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by\u00a0duncan via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the beginning, his goal has been to communicate with the public, to interact with the common citizen that walks the streets of his hometown every day. At first, when he started <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/dali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">painting<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>the<strong> street walls<\/strong>, he would only draw a tag of his name, but soon a fish was born and from then on, the fish became bigger and greater. The <strong>artist<\/strong> has found his how to his why in his <strong>art<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The goal was to find a universal language that would, at the same time, become his personal signature. The <strong>smile<\/strong> was a natural choice, the artist&#8217;s way of bringing good vibes to Barcelona citizens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>El Pez&#8217;s art<\/strong> is moved by his humble way of living, meaning that his fish doesn&#8217;t participate in any sociologic or political expression. The message is simple: he paints for <strong>enjoyment<\/strong> and <strong>pleasure<\/strong> while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/watching-people-go-by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>observing<\/strong> <strong>the<\/strong> <strong>world<\/strong> <\/a>that he chooses to see around him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/street-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exploring Barcelona\u2019s street art<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_than_just_a_fish\"><\/span>More than just a fish<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_73744\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73744\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Photo-by-Ferdinand-Ferre-Feys-via-VisualHunt.com-CC-BY-NC-SA-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by: Ferdinand 'Ferre' Feys via VisualHunt.com\/ CC BY-NC-SA\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-73744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: Ferdinand &#8216;Ferre&#8217; Feys via VisualHunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;There are plenty of fish in the sea&#8221;, as they say, but this particular one is easy to spot. Its\u00a0cartoon-inspired body has a <strong>comic<\/strong> <strong>feeling<\/strong> to it\u00a0 and a sweet but strong look that is reinforced by its best feature: the <strong>smile<\/strong>! It\u2019s a big and bright smile that occupies the majority of the drawing, leaving space only for a big <strong>blue<\/strong> <strong>eye<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But it\u2019s not just the smile: it\u2019s the whole attitude of the blue fish. It\u2019s the way it poses to the crowd. The <strong>fish<\/strong> <strong>smiles<\/strong> and waves with its flippers with a nice and kind presence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/barcelonas-street-art-royalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona\u2019s Street Art Royalty<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What started as just a way to brighten the day to Barcelona citizens has now become a world phenomenon.\u00a0<strong>El Pez&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0art easily spread through Barcelona and Europe and the artists started to get invited to go all over the world. Nowadays, he shows his work in the streets of Tokyo, Miami, Bogota, and London, among many others. But the\u00a0<strong>smiling fish<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t travel alone anymore; it adopted a <strong>smiling family<\/strong> with demons, giraffes, Martians and angels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pez-artwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">expand<\/a> his brand, in 2011, <strong>El Pez<\/strong> created his own line of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/street-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>street<\/strong> <strong>art<\/strong><\/a> kits with all of the materials necessary to be a street artist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Looking for a place to stay in Barcelona? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> is the answer.<\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"73739\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">167<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every artist has its own history &#8211; the how, the why, and the when. 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