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About this collection

This series of pieces is my reencounter with the purest collage technique. Rough cuts. A search for freshness, purity. No excessive production. Combination of vintage imagery from old National Geographic magazines and AI generated elements. The past meets the future.

My four year old son on my lap. I open photoshop. Today it's time to discover the magic wand tool. An old photo of a group of children playing in the grass, looking at flowers. My son says they are at a nature school. He starts clicking on random spots on the image. I click delete. Patches of blue sky appear in the layer below. Magic happens. We both love what appears in the screen. We laugh. An idea is born. “Escuela de fantasía”.

A psychedelic homage to childhood. The era of discoveries, self-absorption and magic.

Who is Fran Rodríguez

Fran Rodríguez aka lacabezaenlasnubes (spanish for "head in the clouds") is a digital artist based in Spain. He is famously known for his striking images depicting his interpretation of humanity’s place in the universe. Fran’s work is deeply inspired by his early fondness of surrealism and psychedelia. In his 20 year career, he has worked with bands such as Weezer, Tame Impala and Tycho creating visual elements for their concerts and albums and his work is exhibited and sold all over the world.

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A conversation with Fran Rodríguez

Fran Rodríguez aka lacabezaenlasnubes (spanish for "head in the clouds") is a digital artist based in Spain. He is famously known for his striking images depicting his interpretation of humanity’s place in the universe. Fran’s work is deeply inspired by his early fondness of surrealism and psychedelia. In his 20 year career, he has worked with bands such as Weezer, Tame Impala and Tycho creating visual elements for their concerts and albums and his work is exhibited and sold all over the world

A conversation with Fran Rodríguez

Fran Rodríguez aka lacabezaenlasnubes (spanish for "head in the clouds") is a digital artist based in Spain. He is famously known for his striking images depicting his interpretation of humanity’s place in the universe. Fran’s work is deeply inspired by his early fondness of surrealism and psychedelia. In his 20 year career, he has worked with bands such as Weezer, Tame Impala and Tycho creating visual elements for their concerts and albums and his work is exhibited and sold all over the world

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Escuela de Fantasía: Fran Rodríguez’s Dialogue with Surrealism, Collage and the intersection of past and future

Fran Rodríguez’s “Escuela de Fantasía” presents a deep and thoughtful engagement with the interplay between memory, technology, and the visual language of collage. Rodríguez, a Spanish digital artist whose works have long been informed by surrealism and psychedelia, pushes the boundaries of both medium and subject matter in this series. His artistic evolution reflects the trajectory of contemporary digital art, where past techniques are revisited and recontextualized in dialogue with cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence.

Escuela de Fantasía: Fran Rodríguez’s Dialogue with Surrealism, Collage and the intersection of past and future

Fran Rodríguez’s “Escuela de Fantasía” presents a deep and thoughtful engagement with the interplay between memory, technology, and the visual language of collage. Rodríguez, a Spanish digital artist whose works have long been informed by surrealism and psychedelia, pushes the boundaries of both medium and subject matter in this series. His artistic evolution reflects the trajectory of contemporary digital art, where past techniques are revisited and recontextualized in dialogue with cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence.