ABOUT

Creation of a special illustration to celebrate the Bicentennial of Spanish Constitution (known as La Pepa).

Titled 18+12, the objective of this project is to link the freedom and democratic values of the current Spanish Constitution through the organization of a multidisciplinar program which includes cultural proposals in several areas, such as urban art, illustration, contemporary and popular music, audiovisual, and internet.

Recreation of the allegory of the Constitution of 1812 using the character as a symbol of the Constitution, with convoluted ornaments that refer to the ornaments from the original document and illustration color palette alluding to the colors of the Coat of Arms on the flag of Spain.

18+12 Project includes Spaniards and Latin american illustrators, among them: Liniers, Carmen Segovia, Flavio Morais, Elisa Arguilé, Ajubel, Ombú, Gallardo, and Keko.

Client: Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and Government of Spain
Location/Country: ABC Museum/Madrid, Spain
Year: 2012