Ibiza, 2026

GNelly  

A sand-coloured background, warm and golden like a cove at the end of the day. And in front of it, as a bust, framed so tightly that it almost fills the whole painting, Luxxo at its most dazzling. GNelly’s signature character unpacks its bags in Ibiza, the island people come to for the light as much as for the party.

The head is divided between two climates. On one side turquoise and cobalt blue, on the other lemon yellow and orange: the sea and the sunset on a single face. In the centre, two large black crosses, thick and laid on in relief, one of them topped with a few lashes. The body carries the party on with fuchsia, lilac, lime green, red and accents of black. The paint, worked with a palette knife, builds up in places until it stands proud of the surface, and no colour stays politely in its own area.

The souvenirs of the journey are written directly onto the character. The word “Ibiza” climbs in white letters along the shoulder. A flower outlined in white blooms on the chest, a possible nod to the island’s hippie years. Beside it, a black spiral spins like a record. There is also a scribbled red heart, lime green loops tumbling down one arm, a chain of rings on the other, a yellow zigzag seam on the skull and, at the very bottom, a game of noughts and crosses already under way. Fine white and coloured spatters spill over onto the sand of the background.

A black border painted freehand frames the composition. The name Luxxo runs vertically along the right-hand edge, and GNelly’s signature sits in a black cartouche at the bottom right.

Here the automotive clear coat acts like water on a pebble: it revives everything it covers. The colours gain in saturation, the sand background takes on the gleam of lacquer, and the smooth, glossy surface throws back the light of the room as the day goes on.

A one-of-a-kind piece, sunny and festive, between pop art and urban art, signed and delivered with its certificate of authenticity.