Guitar It has often been the object of representation in cubism and the artistic avant-garde, from Pablo Picasso to George Braque, and now An exhibition in Alicante brings together twenty-five contemporary perspectives on this instrument As part of actions from different art disciplines to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Master in Classical Guitar Performance at the University of Alicante.
Professor, Doctor of Sociology and former academic director of the aforementioned UA master’s degree, Juan Antonio Roche, is the curator of the exhibition. chord spiritwill open later 1 November LAB15, Portalet Palace located on Calle Labradores in Alicante after a year of preparation. Roche asked 25 contemporary creators from the state of Alicante to play the classical guitar; “the only truly Spanish instrument we have” to purge this guitar of a certain “elitist” image and bring it closer to society “through a multitude of co-existing offerings”. contemporary art”.
Elena Aguilera, Miguel Bañuls, Cayetano Ferrández, Fuencisla Francés, Manuel Galdón, Dionisio Gázquez, Susana Guerrero, Rafael Hernández García, Elena Jiménez, Pepe Gimeno, Carme Jorques, Mónica Son Jorques, E Mulia Pastor, Mónica Son Jorques , Isabel Rico, Pilar Sala, Alfonso Sánchez, Silvia Sempere and Paco Valverdein addition to the three Jose Luis Navarro, Jorge Bermejo and Sergi Hernandez They are the artists invited to the show.
Most of the artists are ex professional work for the case, each representing one of the three principles marked by Roche: Shapes, sounds and sensations produced by this instrument. Through this “three ways of connecting art and guitar”, some creators stopped “on strings, pegs, curtains, box or wood” your instrument; others dived listening and composing and the third group put the focus “about how the guitar reaches the publicThe curator of this exhibition, who he considers as “new because it has never been done before,” says that through playing, he places the body, touches or sounds created by this instrument to reflect his works. and a wide variety of styles and techniques realized in the form of. painting, sculpture, screen printing, photography, textile art and video creation.
Thus, Rafael Hernández pays tribute to his father guitarist in an oil painting, and Mónica Jover remembers the years she learned the instrument. ropes blurry; Dolores Mula, circle and uses strings and Fuencisla Frances Forest in her collage, while Elena Jiménez hands in contact with the ropes, and Lastres and Bañuls approach from statue to statue. direct already in the box resonancerespectively, among other works.
“The richness is in the fact that everyone interprets what the guitar represents with all the elements in the game, in their own way, in their own way, and the result – far from repetition – is very diverse and original,” he says. The exhibition will be small concert at startup. In the next days a speech by artist Javier Codesal guitar work and guided visit for former students of the master with some artists. The exhibition can be viewed until the end of December.