Gravina Museum of Fine Arts launches a new proposal in the exhibition area ‘window of art’which will host studies in the coming months. looking at the seasons of the artist Xavier Lawrence.
‘Art window’ is a series dedicated to disseminating the work of important figures in the Alicante cultural scene. From the 80’s to the 2000’s Available in the Diputacion collection.
The name came about with the idea of salvaging the old entrance gate of the 18th century palace that houses the museum on Calle Gravina in Alicante. Now as a window, it is an access that communicates the outside with the inside through glass and lays claim to the audio-visual assembly MUBAG.
Javier Lorenzo is the new hero of this temporary cycle. looking at the seasonsA work he donated to MUBAG in 2021 is to be exhibited in memory of his great friend, the painter. Vincent Rhodesrecently died.
Based on a photograph, the realism portrayed on canvas contrasts with the evocative image in the background as a character drags a boat towards its takeoff. The offer also includes proof of an artist, a small oil painting on canvas.
The sample is completed with a Video prepared by the provincial institution’s Image department It was recorded in the author’s studio, where he talks about Lorenzo’s artistic career and the reason for the theme that characterizes him: he represents the characters from behind because in this way “the audience sees the same thing as the hero of the picture” .
Having a great painting profession since childhood, Lorenzo Professional Fine Arts School allowing Alicante to enter later High school.
His career remained under the influence of abstraction until the 1980s, a movement he eventually abandoned to become a movement. purely figurative styleusing a personal streak that makes it recognizable today.
Source: Informacion
