Morante de la Puebla Zaragoza 2015
The eccentric artist.
José Antonio Morante de la Puebla, another bullfighter from Seville, does not lend his face to any product, nor does he appear standing next to famous models. But he still takes good care of his image, which is studiously untidy.
As an artist-bullfighter with a unique style that makes many regard him as a genius, Morante is able to turn a classic cape move, theverónica, into a work of fine art one day, then show up the next dressed as Salvador Dalí, sporting a long mustache, a crazed look in his eyes, and the name “Salvador” and some flowers painted across his bare torso in order to advertise the a series of bullfights in Zaragoza.
Like Dalí, Morante is also an odd guy at the mercy of psychological ups and downs that have an impact on his life and work. Bohemian and unpredictable, he can be talkative or quiet, and has been known to borrow a hose to water down the dusty ring in Alicante, file a complaint against an animal rights activist who called him a “murderer,” and to dress up as a lynx to promote the local fiestas in Huelva.
He is an artist who feels and looks different – classical and modern, romantic and eccentric, strange and singular, but never vulgar.
ANTONIO LORCA, EL PAÍS, 27 OCT
