The Art of Freddy Carrasco
There’s are many ways to describe the works of Freddy Carrasco
Upon inspection and admiration of his illustrations, you can visibly see his juxtaposition of cultural influences, and how they dictate his work, however, even though his pieces may seem familiar they are distinctively different to what you’ve been exposed too before.
Freddy Carrasco is the epitome of sci-fi meeting low-fi hip hop, Dominican Republic heritage and Toronto roots meet Japanese farm life and the Tokyo concrete jungle; when Tekkonkinkret meets Ghost in the Shell and Jackie Brown.
Freddy Carrasco is the epitome of when art meets ‘cool’. A word so simple and forbidden from the galleries and elaborated art circles around the world, they would never dream to use it and instead they always lose us all with their word-heavy descriptions when talking about art.
A word so important, so full of power and relevance for our generation that the old, white, art establishment will most likely never come close to knowing or understanding what being cool truly means.
Just as you would describe a Tarantino movie, in only a few words, expressing the deep levels of excitement, aesthetics and visual art, every piece of art can and should be allowed to fulfil the essential need and very hard to undertake task: of being cool.
Freddy Carrasco masters this art and transfers it into drawings and music. Originating from Toronto and now living in Japan, Freddy developed a style that combines his childhood memories, the culture he’s exposed to on a daily basis and his imagination, ultimately channelling this through the humble tools of paper and pens, creating his very own distinct world.
