Davide Marello & Ignasi Monreal

Boglioli’s Creative Director Speaks About Social Media and the Creative Process With the Modern Pop Artist.

DAVIDE MARELLO: We have the same taste in images: old portraits from the 19th century. You seem to have a similar approach in some of your works but in a contemporary way.

IGNASI MONREAL: Yeah, I think that was the connection. I found your Instagram a long time ago—that’s how we met. I’m obviously very into portraiture, and, being Spanish, I take influence from many artists like [Diego] Velázquez, and [Francisco] Goya, and all the old-school painting masters. I really liked your inspiration photos. The paintings! You’re really good with color.

DAVIDE: [Laughs.] Am I? I don’t know. It’s something that comes naturally.

IGNASI: Exactly. I found that fascinating.

DAVIDE: It’s really fun how social media melts people together. It can be a good connector for art and creative minds. I follow a lot of photographers or artists; they all inspire me.

IGNASI: Yeah, it definitely helped me a lot. That’s how I got all my jobs and everything. Thanks to Instagram, I make a living out of this.

DAVIDE: [Discovery] is no longer about going to a museum or an exhibition.

IGNASI: But because it’s so immediate, whenever I do something that I know is going to end up on Instagram, I don’t overthink it. It helps to have a creative flow and be funny.

DAVIDE: That’s also something that I really like about you. You’re never taking anything too seriously; there’s always a bit of humor in your work.

IGNASI: It’s better to laugh than to cry.

DAVIDE: Sometimes—in art and fashion—we take ourselves too seriously, and I think that, right now in this moment, we need to laugh a bit about things.