To celebrate the final part of “La Casa De Papel,” Netflix has teamed up with four Filipino artists to create artwork inspired by some of the most iconic imagery and moments from all four parts of the hit series.
The artwork, called La Casa De Papel Challenge, is a tribute to some of the greatest and most memorable moments of the show. Each artist created their paper artwork in their own signature style.
Patrick Cabral (“The Royal Mint of Spain”) said he started his love for paper art at a young age.
“I have been doing paper art since I was a kid. I grew up in a rural area where art materials are scarce. I gravitated to paper because it’s everywhere. We had a project in high school which involved cutting letters out of paper and my passion for paper-cutting grew from then on. My style is ultra-maximalist. More is more!” he said.
For his art, he said the Royal Mint is “the embodiment of the enemy. The corrupt system. I like the juxtaposition of something so powerful with something fragile like paper.”
John Ed De Vera (“Plan Chernobyl”), meanwhile, started paper art in college, as part of a task to create a print ad.
“Technically, I combine both papier tole and kirigami to create depth in my artworks. The shadows created by the layers and protrusions of the paper add a certain dimensionality to my pieces as a result,” he said.
His “La Casa De Papel” art is his “personal homage to surrealism.”
“The blimp was used (to release 140 million Euros over Madrid) as a distraction in Part 3, while the Dali Mask, as we all know, has become an iconic symbol of resistance that has inspired a lot of people to fight with the Professor and the team. The red money coming out of the blimp forms the jumpsuit holding the blimp. The overall visual imagery is my personal homage to surrealism,” he said.
Paper art serves as therapy for Mansy Abesamis (“Bella Ciao” and “Bank of Spain”). “I’ve been into papercutting since 2012. I love how it’s very therapeutic and meditative. It helps you focus on just one thing, on one thing that you can control — something which is very useful especially in the kind of world that we live in right now. No matter how things get overwhelming, when I am working on a papercut, the only thing that matters is that I cut.
And cut. And cut again so I can finish the piece and be able to share a new story to the world.
“Also, papercutting to me is like reverse painting!” added Mansy, “In painting, you add elements or paint to tell a story but in papercutting, you take away unnecessary parts to tell or create stories. And that’s pretty amazing to me.”
Sarjit Singh made two artworks: “Red origami bird” and “Alicia’s teddy bear.” He explained his choices: “The first is the Professor’s red origami bird, which has played a big role in the show from the very beginning. As a lover of Origami artwork, I was so happy to see it featured so prominently in such a popular show, and I hope it inspired many others to try Origami themselves.
“The second is Inspector Alicia Sierra’s teddy bear from Part 3, which she strategically used to take down Nairobi because it belonged to her son. No spoilers on what happened next!”
“La Casa De Papel: Part 5 Volume 1” is currently streaming on Netflix. Volume 2 streams on December 3.
