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“Dreams”, an interesting exhibition comes to Alicante
Posted by syameses on 03 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: entertainment, alicante, art
Today the majority of mortals begin to work after the long summer vacations, so I will start today with an interesting exhibition so we could take our minds of the first day back to work. “Dreams” is a sample of works that comes to us from the German artist Grete Stern. Photography from the XX century that shows us the realm of dreams.
The exhibition is composed of 64 pieces including photomontages, painting, sculptures and video projections all part of the IVAM collection and has been created by the Fundación Bancaja de Alicante.
Through the montage the realm of the dreams incorporates works from various artist such as André Kertesz, Óscar Domínguez, Herbert List, Horacio Coppola, Laurie Simmons, Miquel Navarro, Dis Berlín, Enrique Marty, Charris or Russell Crotty, among others.
“Dreams” will remain in Alicante until the 30th of September 2007.
The MUBAG exhibits artistic depths of the Alicante Delegation
Posted by syameses on 01 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: entertainment, alicante, art
Here’s another great thing to do this summer. The MUBAG museum in Alicante will exhibit a total of 76 works of art, between paintings and sculptures and eight shelves with different objects pertaining to the permanent artistic collection of the Alicante Delegation.The works are classified by themed group which include “religious art”, “the thinkers of art”, “the portrait”, “customs and social themes”, “the view”, “El bodegón” and”Gabinete”. This way, the exhibition breaks out with the chronological form that has characterized the exhibitions of the last six years.
The exhibition realizes a journey through the alicantina paintings of artist Duch as Rigoberto Soler, Xavier Soler, Manuel Baeza and Gastón Castelló, among others and the different themes that have been shown within. It is also possible to view works from the next artists such as Varela, Pizarro and José Pérez Gil.
African Woman exhibition in the MUA
Posted by syameses on 19 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: entertainment, alicante, art
Before the month is out I suggest you go see a great exhibition in the Museum of the University of Alicante . the Sempere hall of the MUA will welcome until the 28th of July the sample “Figuraciones del árbol’, a selection of photography from the African artist Angèle Etoundi Essamba.
This initiative forms part of the cultural acts organized by the summer courses of the Rafael Altamira University. The objective of this exhibition it to build conscious awareness of the role of the African women more than the geographical limits. It is a showing of 33 photos and one video in which the body of a colored woman takes center stage.
Angèle Etoundi was born in Camerún but was raised mainly in Paris and Ámsterdam. She has held more the 20 individual exhibitions and has participated in more than a dozen collective samples in different countries such as Africa, Europe, and the United States.
The Playa San Juan transports itself to the past
Posted by syameses on 11 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: entertainment, beaches, curiosities, alicante, art
City Halls are beginning to realize that they need to offer complimentary activities other than the sun and beach in their communities. Every time I take a stroll by the beach this becomes more evident to me. The other day I went to rest in the Playa de San Juan, Alicante and a saw a tent that help the exhibition titled Neolítico, de nómadas a sedentarios’.
The showing which will be held open until the 31st of August shows men’s evolution in this historic period from the last nomads hunters to the first urban societies. So now aside from taking in some rays and enjoying the water and the sand you could get a little bit more cultured at the same time. Kids will love this.
The exhibition counts with diverse scenes and representation with human fiberglass figures and resins, animal sculptures, ceramic vessels, stone tools and maps among others.
Japanese Art in the University of Alicante
Posted by syameses on 19 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: entertainment, curiosities, alicante, art
Ever since I traveled to Japan last fall, I love to see things related to this very interesting country here in Spain. By luck I found out about a Japanese’s art exhibition very close to home, concretely in the museum of the Alicante University.
The collection of works is tittles “Japan Prints 1950-1990” and it unites sixty five sketches realized by forty six Japanese artist such as Ay-O, Shiro Fukasawa, Yukio Fukazawa, Hideo Hagiwara, Chimei Hamada y Masanari Murai. They show a very curious art form.
You can visit the exhibition until the 25th of June. Trust me you will not be disappointed, this mix of technology and tradition is something the Japanese do very well.
More information UA.
A different Picasso
Posted by syameses on 04 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: alicante, art
This curious work of art can be seen in the exhibition hall of the cultural center of Bancaja of Alicante until the 24th June. In it Picasso colaborated with writers such as André Brenton, the impulse of subrealism, of Tristan Tzara, representative of Dadaismo.
The exhibition is composed of about 25 ilustrated books where you can admire the great talent of Picasso, who was a genius in his time.
more information Bancaja
Panza di Biumo collection in the Santa Barbara Castle
Posted by syameses on 24 May 2007 | Tagged as: museums, alicante, art
With the new season come new exhibitions to our city. This summer until the 30th of September we will be able to admire the Panza di Biumo collection in the Santa Barbara Castle thanks to the Panza family. There will be more than two thousands works exhibited from various artists such as Rothko, Kline, Rauschenberg, D. Judd, R. Morris, Richard Serra, Carl Andre, Rosenquist, Oldenburg, Robert Morris, Sol Lewitt, Joseph Kosuth y Tàpies.
This exhibition which has only been viewed in the Reina Sofia museum of Madrid and the Guggenheim of Bilbao, visits us with much love thanks to Giuseppe Panza who has personalized this exhibition by writing all the texts that guide you through each hall. A great cultural trip.
source communitat valenciana
The Spanish portrait in the Prado of el Greco in the MUBAG of Alicante
Posted by syameses on 19 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: entertainment, alicante, art
Until the 18th of February we will be able to enjoy a wonderful exhibition that the Prado Museum has prepared for us. Highly recommendable, these painting have a lot of curios mentions such as the fact that back then when a painter was ordered a portrait they made sure all the wrinkles appeared but that could be fixed depending if the price was right, except in the case of Goya.
This is a wonderful opportunity to come see famous art works without having to travel to Madrid and visit the Padro Museum. You will be able to see works from El Greco, Murillo or Goya and 6 of their portraits. A total of 63 pieces from 36 different artist from three different centuries , that will allow you to experience the evolution of time and style of our country.
official web | mubag
El prado museum | collection itinerante
more info | obra social cam
Hours of MUBAG:
Open from Tuesday to Sunday,from 10 to 21 hours.
c/ Gravina, nº15, close to the Explanada.
Colorful Art in Costa Blanca
Posted by syameses on 19 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: curiosities, alicante, art
There are many different types of art form and Reflexism is a technique that uses light as the main element when creating an art piece. Initiated back in the early 70´s by José Antonio Cía who developed this new technique using aluminum materials which worked in the right way produce a 3D illusion of light art.
Art and innovation, in an era where holograms did not exist, made this type of art work an important advancement more than Op-Art which had its origins in the Costa Blanca.
more information| reflexismo
