The artists' techniques always surprise me and give me ideas. We nourish each other to make better works.
I recently returned to El Ateneo de Málaga. It is a space dedicated to art, where every three months or so they hold exhibitions of new artists, either because they are new or because their works are not traditional.
In the month of August I passed by the place twice, but it was closed, although there was a sign announcing the new exhibitions.
The place consists of three rooms, or rather three spaces, as they are wide corridors where works can be displayed on the walls with enough space for people to admire each work separately.
This exhibition reminded me a lot of a technique I used when I was studying painting. In addition to the usual, you had to develop certain works with rare or unusual techniques and one of them was called chalk pastel on chenille paper, which was a velvet paper.
It was a very easy technique, it was like painting with coloured chalk on canvas, a very soft canvas. I usually chose the grey cloth to serve as a background and painted on it. I hardly drew because it was not easy to erase, so I couldn't make a mistake.
All these memories came to my mind while I was looking at and admiring these works by Fran González, whose exhibition is called Huellas en el tiempo (Traces in time).
When I enter this exhibition, the first thing I notice is this large wall with many works of people recognised in history, whether as artists, politicians, celebrities, with religious connotations and much more. In short, people that we could all know.
All these works are made on newsprint with graffiti spray. It is evident that they are made with pre-established moulds and all the works have a size of 30 x 42.5 cms. They were also all made between 2020 and 2024.
But on the rest of the walls there were many more and huge works of art. Some of them were as big as the height of the wall up to the ceiling.
The technique used is oxide powder on paper or on canvas. It was precisely the works on canvas that took me on a journey into the past in my apprenticeship in painting.
The impressive thing about these works is that if I looked at them from a certain distance I could see figures, faces, whole human beings, not only faces and their expressions.
You can do the test, put an image and move away from the computer and look from a distance, you will see things and that's great.
Sometimes it seemed to me that the works had hidden messages in the form of a human figure. Many of them are the image of Christ or the Virgin Mary, but there are many more.
The lighting was focused on a certain part of the work, which made each one more and more intriguing.
Some were very dark, but at the right angle I could also see shapes.
These two images showing a series of works are more clearly visible as I took the photograph as a whole and moved away from them and the faces are visible.
Finally I found the price list of this art on the site, much of it was sold.
Regarding the first part, each piece costs 100 euros and the whole collection 5,000 euros.
The works made with rust dust each piece also 100 euros and the collection 1.200 euros. While the giant works cost 400 euros each.
I don't really know if I would have one of these works in my home, but I can tell you that I really liked them, both the final result and the technique used.
Thank you all for reading and watching this far. Sending you a big hello and wishing you a great Sunday.
Amonet.
All photographs are my own.
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Great work @avdesing friend!
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It was a great discovery, I loved it! Thank you!😃
Interesting exhibition. I see Norma Jean Mortenson there in the first work. 😉
Exactly and it looks beautiful!!!😃
I really like those stains! It's true that you can see a lot of things if you stare at them.
Y si la pones grande en la pantalla y te alejas... más aún!
Hi @avdesing, as it happens to me with many contemporary artists, in this walk there are things that I like and others that don't tell me anything. Even if I don't like or am indifferent to some of the work on display, I don't mind if there is something, even if it is only one creation that says something to me.
In this case, I really like the ones made with the powdered oxide technique on paper or canvas. They have also suggested many things to me.
Thank you for taking us through this exhibition, for the good quality of the photographs you bring us, it is a luxury to have you as a photographer. In short, I have enjoyed this exhibition very much.
A big hug.
I also liked the same works, I think there was more work in them and a special work. I was surprised by the technique. Thank you very much!😃
I was quite surprised by the results of these works. In the first works the use of newsprint and sparay on a stencil, does not seem to me a very impressive thing, neither new, nor new, nor .....
Thanks again, the other works are exceptional, and I enjoyed meeting a new artist.
And in that museum there were two more exhibitions... those are cooler!!! Good night!!!
Buenas noches... Hasta mañana!!!
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👋💤 😴 Ah! no todavía, no!! 😅
You are right when you zoom out the photos you see well defined images, in the second of the first two I see one 🦓 , how interesting what you explain us of the techniques used. And your photos are always very good. Nice Sunday.🥰🤗
If you put them big on the screen and zoom out you will also see fabulous things!!!! Thanks to you!😃
This is a great idea to showcase artists that are outside the mainstream. Great set of photographs too.
I liked the idea of the technique and the results, it's great to see this kind of artists, thanks!😃
There's so much art inspiration all around you. 👩🎨
Yes, and I love that!
Creo que me parecieron más interesantes las obras sobre el lienzo, además, tienen una vibra algo misteriosa y eso le da un plus 😌 Excelentes fotos, ya eres toda una experta ✨
También capté ese misterio y eso me gustó mucho, son obras diferentes a lo que veo normalmente. Gracias Gloria!😃
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Hola @avdesing ! Que extraordinarias estas colecciones, estoy de acuerdo contigo, casi se observan "mensajes ocultos" dentro de las siluetas. Bendiciones para ti.
Es agradable ver arte de todo tipo y diferentes artistas! Muchas gracias a vos!🤗
The work that the ¨Ateneo¨ does promoting little-known works or new artists is admirable
It's great that you visited this exhibition and it brought back memories of your time as a student
Beautiful photographs, dear friend @avdesing, thank you very much for letting us know about these beautiful works
Once a month I go to see what's new and as it's free I just go in and admire the works. Thank you very much!😃
Hello @avdesing good day
What beautiful works, I love this technique
Great photos you have taken
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Cool!
Thank you!!