09Dec 2018 by kike_K No Comments
Russian Dada 1914-1924

Russian Dada 1914-1924

Painting
From an aesthetical point of view, I have been never much attracted to Dadaism although, at the same time, it has succeeded in drawing my attention to this artistic movement, mainly due to its irreverent and combative character and to its willingness to experiment. I need to point out that even the world’s leading experts cannot agree in either defining Dadaism or giving the clues to know what is Dada or not. It is clear that an anti-war and rebellious movement should have arisen during Great War (WWI) and that it had to be accepted in Russia as the official avant-garde movement of the Revolution. The national Museum of Art “Reina Sofia” (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia) is showing, once again, a great exhibition, so really didactical, with…
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10Nov 2018 by kike_K No Comments
Enrique López Pacheco Artist

Enrique López Pacheco Artist

Painting
Enrique López Pacheco Is a Mexican artist who has left an indelible imprint in my life. I met him in Manolo Rojas’ art gallery in the summer 2002. I immediately liked his much simple and quiet character, his spirituality and a very particular sense of humour.  We worked together a few times once settled in a remote beach in Cadiz and then a few times in my atelier.  He used to work with plastic cards employing them as scrapers or spatulas and much liked to undergo new techniques. He could improvise a drawing using black soot from gas heater or achieve a watercolour by moistening the paintbrush in a cup of coffee. While working he used to talk about painting, about movements of avant-garde dealing with abstraction and about everything…
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04Oct 2018 by kike_K No Comments
Juan Manuel Villalba

Juan Manuel Villalba

scale replicas
Juan Manuel Villalba I was privileged to work close to him for a few years, each one with our very own drawing board; I worked on my texts while he made his astonishing models in scale, tireless, orderly, surrounded by silence. Before every delicate step I merely looked askance to him. He picked a tiny piece with the tweezers, applied a drop of glue and unhesitatingly, with a steady hand, placed it in its exact location. When I noticed he felt relaxed, I approached just to a have a look to every single fragile detail next to disintegration. He employed merely a dozen small tools, laid onto an always clean and tidy table, plus the assembly instructions and yellow plastic bits. While other areas of the atelier were a real…
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