27Dec 2018 by kike_K No Comments
House of Mexico – Madrid (Spain)

House of Mexico – Madrid (Spain)

Painting
The House of Mexico has started its own activity The new siege of the House of Mexico in a freshly renewed mansion in Calle Alberto Aguilera, 20 (20, Alberto Aguilera street in Madrid). The House of Mexico has started its own activity with the exhibition “Tres siglos de pintura en México” (Three centuries of Mexico’s painting). I have always been very fond of both Mexican history and culture, I have even made further researches but I must confess I had very little knowledge of painters and artists; I merely had some references of Rufino Tamayo and of Francisco Toledo. We need to point out the Spanish influence during the period of the viceroyship and the interest of so many European and North American artists in the 19th century: for all…
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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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