First Miradas Contest of the Jorge Alió Foundation was brought up in 1998 One of the works of one hundred artists from Alicante, exhibited at IFA during the Congress of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology. twenty five years laterthis biennial call for painting, thirteen national editions And ten internationalpulled More than 2,500 artistsparticipants since 27 countriesreceived multiple awards 70 works and successful 20 exhibitions traveling, three in Italy.
Miradas celebrates the first quarter of the century with a grand exhibition it curates. Juana Maria Balsalobre completely covering the town hall Alicante marketopened yesterday. 91 artistic pieces always trying to show “the power of vision” or to provide “a visual meaning”As the professor and Jorge Alió underlined yesterday.
The basis of the competition, unity of science and art to raise awareness of the importance of eye health and prevention of blindness», added the director of the competition and president of the Alió Foundation, Maria Lopezhas established itself as a name in the art scene. unquestionably attractive datebringing together their work every year over a hundred creative—many repeating—valued by prestigious jurythis year under the chairmanship of the theorist and art critic. Alfonso de la TorreContemporary Spanish art connoisseur who considers it “rare” and “honoured” to preside over this competition.
De la Torre appealed “mystery of sight” This year’s award-winning works, which took place in the Explanada room with the finalists and were announced at the exhibition yesterday, will be presented together with the others. 34 photo studies In the Tabarca room (in the first exhibition of this discipline), among others Table of 13 honors and international awards There are 9 children’s drawings in the Luceros room and the entrance hall. Curator Balsalobre emphasized that in all of them “a symbiosis between vision health, blindness prevention and pictorial creation” reigns.
Awarded this year
Today, the only prize of the first edition of 1998, four main awards, two words honorifics and choice three works for international competitionin addition, which will be decreed next July Professional and Artistic Orbit Awardwent to artist from Cartagena this year Angel Mateo Charris with his job eye doctor’s dream, his name joins those of Luis Feito, Polín Laporta, José Mª Yturralde or Eduardo Naranjo, among others. His figure was polished by the critic José Luis Martínez Meseguer.
HE Miradas Award 2023 It was for Murcian artist Manuel Paez Alvarez for his job Leucippus As de la Torre emphasized, with the air of Dutch painting; UMH professor Jose Antonio Hinojos received Jorge Alió Foundation Award with the work “velazqueña” Refraction Errors ; Adrian Munoz Espouy there is Best Emerging Artist Award for him introspectionmade of watercolor and graphite; And Natan Tarrago Terradellasregistered with 80 percent visual impairment Best Artist with Functional Diversity Award for his job half naked. “Disease limits my space to create, but not my ability to create,” this artist says.
honorable commemoration best composition was for Ginesa Martinez Lopezfor Down syndrome flying eyeHe reinterpreted a work by Eduardo Naranjo and most original techniquefor Manuel Fernando Adrianzen with optical illusion selfies.
Delivered in this edition More than 20.000 Euro prize.
Source: Informacion
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