Juan Carlos Noria is a man of many names. Known as "Dixon," he is a traditional painter on canvas and streets. As "Royal," Noria creates poster campaigns, drawings, and wheatpastings. Each of his pseudonyms seems to produce varying styles of art, as if two entirely different people are producing mass amounts of work, rather than just one. Though his paintings are eclectic in nature, featuring vibrant colors and a hodgepodge of imagery, Noria's drawings are more illustrative. With delicate linework and enigmatic characters, the artist depicts politically charged--and at times playfully violent--wheatpastings which he uses to adorn the streets of Spain. No matter what name he claims, there is no doubting the skillfully and inherently unique works of Dixon and Royal.
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