Past
Continuous
The exhibition closed last Sunday
September 23 and its author is a Sevillian artist who lives and works in
London, which I would like you to take a look at. For now, I send you some of
my impressions.
He has exhibited in an empty house but
still retains the traces of the people who lived there: marks of the paintings
on the wallpaper of the walls, the smoked corner where the TV was, chipping
produced by uncontrolled dragging of some furniture and even scribbles drawn by
an incipient family artist. According to Francesco Paolo Del Re,
«a place rich in marks and memories, showing scars and footprints
belonging to the old owners who no longer live in the house»
Alberto Torres Hernández, that is his
name, is a young man (33) who paints some paintings like those that appear in
documentaries dedicated to heroes or famous people, but which in his case are
known or friends of the painter who end up looking like gods lying down or
resting.
«His paintings are portraits of young men and women; they are mostly
close-ups of figures often lying down, resting their heads on a pillow, painted
against a neutral background, or nudes surrounded by sparse interior»
The first thing that caught my attention
was the sheets, yes, sheets. They are lying as if they had been washed and
exposed to the sun that enters through the window. This is what I did in the
house of my first lady. With soap and hot water we washed the sheets and spread
them inside the stone corridor when it was raining outside. Linen sheets in
summer, flannel sheets in winter. Those that covered the bed had some
embroidery on the upper part at chest height. Alberto has embroidered, with
black thread, the figure of an artist painting his model. This installation - I
think they call these things - has returned me for a moment to Mr Graham's
house.
«Alberto´s past continuous is a metaphor of his painting practice which
aims to reflect on our relationship with those who are dear to us, travel mates
which we share a piece of life with, whether for a moment or eternity»
Dear Fran, I've
talked about this artist to Godoy (in a few days he travels to Poland) and he
told me that he has known him for a few years and that he continues his career;
even that he was in Gijón in an exhibition he did four or five years ago. He loves
it. That he would like to buy a painting, but for now he is satisfied seeing
them online. I, I tell you, would buy me a little one who has painted some leaves
and a book next to a window.
Here is the link
Y. a.
Mary
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