Azaila Jordan and the cycle of women in architecture
Azaila Jordan has become a focal point in the Alicante architectural scene, where the regional College of Architects hosts a dedicated cycle celebrating women who shaped architectural history. The current display, staged at the Alicante Regional College of Architects, presents a thoughtful mix of architectural works and lyrical visual pieces that pay homage to both national and international figures. Among the highlighted names are Sophia Haiden Bennet from Chile in the late 19th century, Eileen Gray from Ireland, Ray Eames who helped redefine modern American design, and Lina Bo Bardi from Italy. Also featured are Denise Scott Brown, Zaha Hadid, Kazuyo Sejima, and Carme Pinós from Barcelona, along with Matilde Ucelay and other pioneers who received national recognition for their contributions to architecture. The exhibition situates these figures within a broader narrative of innovation, resilience, and enduring influence across generations and borders.
Pamblanco’s abstraction
In the heart of the summer season, a new show unfolds at Arde Architecture Studio, located on Calle Navas in Alicante. The exhibition spotlights a contemporary painter named Pamblanco and surveys a vibrant thread of abstraction that has matured over more than a decade. The presentation, extending through December, collects a selection of works on paper and canvas that translate light, color, and motion into a language of sea-borne moods and coastal luminosity. The artist’s recent phase leans into pure abstraction, moving away from recognizable forms while preserving a personal sensibility that remains unmistakably Pamblanco. The serenade of greens, blues, and sunlit tones reflects the author’s encounter with harbors along the Levantine coast during a summer that invited carefree exploration and fresh perception of the natural world. The collection comprises sixteen pieces, executed in watercolor and acrylic, across varying sizes and supports, each inviting the viewer into a moment of quiet, radiant clarity.
The venue blends the interior output of Arde Estudio de Arquitectura with the neighborhood’s creative economy, including partnerships with local construction enterprises—an arrangement that underscores how art and built environment continually inform one another. Pamblanco’s ongoing journey in abstraction marks a confident evolution: a shift from recognizable scenes toward a broader discourse on light, texture, and color. While seascapes and figurative works have long defined the artist’s career, this latest chapter forges a new path where form yields to luminosity, and color becomes the primary narrative. It is a testament to artistic identity that remains expressive yet increasingly refined, offering visitors a chance to experience the interplay of perception and mood on painted surfaces.
Painting by Evaristo Bailiff
Evaristo Bailiff presents a compelling series titled Limits at the Espai d’Art Contemporani de la Barbera, located on Avenida Benidorm 1 in La Vila Joiosa, with a showing running through February. The collection gathers impressionist paintings produced with a spatula, a tool the artist describes as technically demanding yet essential to the distinctive texture of the works. The method yields broad, sweeping gestures that give water scenes a sense of weight and fluidity, while a bold chromatic vocabulary amplifies the mood of each scene. The exhibition highlights Bailiff’s ability to translate travel experiences and diverse cultural impressions into a visual language that emphasizes horizon lines, reflective surfaces, and luminous, overlapping tones. The result is an invitation to reconsider familiar landscapes through a fresh lens and to explore new horizons in contemporary figurative painting.
The presentation portrays an artist who has journeyed widely, letting those journeys inform his practice and push his exploration of light, atmosphere, and form. It is through such experiences that Bailiff presses the boundaries of traditional depiction, producing works that feel both immediate and timeless.
Roberto Mira shows off his graphite drawings
Robert Mira, a native of Alicante born in 1948, reveals his latest body of work at Azul Tierra, the interior design atelier at Calle Ángel Lozano 2. The exhibition gathers nearly twenty graphite drawings executed with care and precision, offering a study in line, shade, and texture. The drawings depict a range of subjects and approaches, from intimate portraits to architectural-inspired studies, all rendered with Mira’s characteristic economy of line and attention to detail. The show, now on view through December, invites visitors to linger and inspect the subtleties of pencil on paper, a reminder of how a simple tool can capture nuance and emotion with quiet power. Following its stay at Azul Tierra, the collection will travel to the decoration company’s headquarters in Barcelona, where it will continue to engage audiences with a different urban backdrop and audience context.
The displayed works provide a window into Mira’s long practice and anticipate the next steps in his ongoing exploration of form, light, and texture. The drawings invite close attention, offering a contemplative counterpoint to the bustling pace of contemporary life.