“I want to point out that I’m still more alive than ever.”. This sentence is enough to describe the current situation of Alicante artist Eduardo Lastres, often known for his restrained and geometric sculptures, who has now discovered his true self and true existence. his broad view of art in an exhibition curated by Maria José Gadeainaugurated this FridayAt 20.00 at the municipality exhibition hall Alicante Fish Market.
I live in different places The name Lastres gave to this exhibition is, fifty worksall but one unpublished, some old but never exhibited and last year’s most performed To celebrate life after suffering from hospitalization with covid at the beginning of the pandemic.
“I had Covid and was about to die. I was hospitalized with oxygen for fifteen days, but I left with no consequences. I’m alive and what could I do? Celebrate! And I do it by remembering the artists who were mine references all my life From Mondrian to Sempere, Léger and PicassoRussians or American minimalists; and especially in drawing Dürer but also Goya“, drawing attention to the artist who was born in Alicante in 1946, says that the origin of the exhibition is as follows: some of the oldest piecesThere is an emotional element in a work dedicated to his mother’s painting and in a plaster portrait of his father from 1974. A drawing made in 1972, woman sitting on sofathat brings it together multitude the artistic style he claims and presents with this exhibition. abstraction and figurationExpressionism and geometry, improvisation and order and in this case, a The special importance of color.
“The title of the exhibition reflects this fact: multiple. Since his childhood, he has been drawing while sculpting, jumping from abstraction to figuration. I never believed in just one formatThe artist should not stick to a single model. Sempere is known for his painting, but the engraving is very important and some, including me, are surprised by how many colors there are, but I am the same person,” states the painter and sculptor.
desire to create
Police station María José Aguado emphasizes that this “ode to colors” shows that: “the joy and desire to create” An artist finding himself “At its most mature, most exciting and most vital moment. We see an Eduardo Lastres very completeWhere the ancient work dialogues with the present, Praise for the material used -methacrylate, iron, plaster, wood…- and theoretical knowledge, Training as an artist and architectThis allows him to master all techniques importance of drawing and a certain preference for cubism.
The exhibition is divided into blocks, and among these stands out a series of DM plates, where Eduardo Lastres allowed himself to manipulate the drawing in a random way, exploring pre-established lines; in another designated area combined with wood, recycled and other materialsThe series includes four handscontains fifteen pieces painting and sculpture, photography and collage. Also suitable colorful still lifes and pieces suspended in the air, renewed steel and old wood. “At the end, all the materials are found,” says the curator, led by an artist whose aim is “to create and express himself with many references, but contributing to his personal vision.”
I live in different places Visible Until March 24, 2024.
Source: Informacion
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