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20Aug 2018 by kike_K No Comments

Fernando Zóbel

Painting

I went to Fundación Juan March to see the exhibition El principio Asia, devoted to influences of Eastern Art on the contemporary Spanish art, but more particularly to closely watch El río IV (River IV), a big format painting by Fernando Zobel (1924-1984). Throughout my life I have felt a constant admiration for a number of painters and Zobel is among these few ones. I have read so many times his short Diario de un cuadro (painting diary). His labour as patron and collector has deserved recognition everywhere, with his support for the building of the astonishing Museum in the Casas Colgadas de Cuenca (Cuenca – Spain), but at the same time, I somehow understand that his paintworks have been underestimated by aristocratic and conceptual circles. In an environment that…

South

Guillermo Coll

For a number of years I worked in the publishing house ACCION PRESS, S.A. We used to inform of so many modelling exhibitions and contests that took place in Spain or other countries. We were well received everywhere so these travels of field work and pleasure allowed me to visit a great amount of places and to meet so many interesting people. I need to point out that, every time on our way down to Southern Spain, towards Andalusia, either to Fuengirola, Almeria, San Fernando or Alcala de Guadaira, I felt deeply thrilled. We left Madrid in a filthy weather and drove through large plains (La Mancha, Don Quixote’s parts); next, we reached a mountain pass and realised we were heading for the light: smooth rolling hills strewed with olive…

GAvA Quarterly

Aviation

GAvA QUARTERLY We have just been sent the two last issues of Quarterly News magazine, published by The Guild of Aviation Artists. This is a British association of painters related to aviation which was founded in 1971, although its origins date back to 1954 when The Society of Aviation Artists was created and four years later, in 1958, the Kronfeld Aviation Art Society. Nowadays the president is the well-known artist Michael Turner. Printed in full colour, the mag informs about different activities carried out by the association and is profusely and beautifully illustrated with paintings and drawings made using a large range of techniques. Despite most of members are British, GAvA allows affiliates from other countries. The annual exhibition will take place from 9th to 15th July 2018 in the…