Federico Garcia Lorca, Carlos Cano, Paco de Lucia, Enrique Morente ... key figures of the Andalusian culture that SEX, El Niño de las Pinturas, has brought to the streets of his native Granada, to the rest of Spain and to the whole world. Nevertheless, Raul Ruiz (his real name) admits that he also likes to paint anonymous people who deserve to be a point of reference, such as the shopkeeper or the neighbour who lives on your street. “The world is dark, illuminate your part.” In each of his pieces there is always a message that shakes you and makes you think.
Is the world lacking consciousness? We think so. This is why there is a type of art such as the work of El Niño de las Pinturas which arrives in neighbourhoods with a transformative intention that is so appreciated. “There are some people who have communication tools and who use them and are alive with them. This tells me that it is a society that will endure, that will go forward,” he...
