French artist Lapin can be defined as a mobile illustrator who carries his sketchbook and his compact sketching gear to the street, to the bar, to the metro, to Tokyo, or New York. Sometimes funny, sometimes elegant, always virtuosically drawn, this annotated travel journal offers a portrait of his adopted home city, Barcelona.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 120

Dimensions: 210 x 150 mm

Publication Date: 29-11-2016

A visual diary of Barcelona, a real treat for sketchers and lovers of the city.Inspiration is everywhere, in all instances of city life. In this visual diary of Barcelona, a real treat for sketchers and lovers of the Catalan capital, urban sketcher Lapin creates a graphic narrative of his metropolitan surroundings to communicate a highly expressive and deeply personal vision of the city. Using vintage accounting books that he finds in flea markets, Lapin, armed with nothing more than a sketchbook, a fine liner pen, watercolor paints and his folding stool, depicts the images and phenomena of everyday city life - busy streets, bustling cafes, iconic monuments, graffiti-splashed walls, sidewalks thick with people. A sketching technique that pays meticulous attention to detail, his particular use of color and striking und humorous perspective distortions define Lapin's journalistic-like visual style. Telling evocative stories through his drawings, he also provides a fresh look at some of the urban transformations the city is currently undergoing, including green hubs and squares, parks and gardens. The artist defines himself as a "mobile illustrator", a kind of modern-day itinerant urban explorer and documentarian who immerses himself in his environment (in this case, Barcelona) and records what he sees. The result is a graphic reportage of the city's culture, from its emblematic architecture down to the ornamental concrete slabs used to pave many of its sidewalks and nearly everything else in between.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 144

Dimensions: 210 x 155 mm

Publication Date: 22-03-2024