Being able to enjoy art in this way and in a city that offers me so much variety, so many galleries and so many styles is wonderful. Not only can you learn new techniques and types of art, but you can also enjoy traditional art.
On this occasion, I bring you the third and final part of this year's 2025 art competition exhibition held in the city. I was amazed by the variety of art I was able to enjoy. Today I also bring you drawings, paintings, sculptures, a little bit of everything.
The room is always delicately lit, and at the back, where they place warm lighting, there are usually sculptures. Harmony always reigns in this place, so that you can enjoy each work with sufficient space and comfort.
‘Madrid, 1920s’ – Daniel Mass Lorenzo – Pencil and watercolour
I must say that this is my favourite work in this section. The techniques seem simple or rather familiar, but pencil drawings are always great. I like the way the artist highlights the old car with the red watercolour. I also like the details in the street lamp, the carriage, and the tables and chairs. I also liked getting closer to photograph some parts so that you can see the details more closely, such as the dome of the building. It's wonderful.
‘Almazara’ – Luis Javier Gayá – Oil on linen canvas
This work was a finalist in the painting category of the competition, and deservedly so, because the painting is excellent. It is one of those paintings that, if you don't look closely or from a distance, looks like an old photograph, but when you get closer, you can see the amount of detail in the painting, every single thing in those facilities, every piece of machinery, every link in the production process, everything is there.
I have seen the oil mill before, in person, at the city's museum of arts and customs, and this is the process by which olive oil is extracted. I loved seeing the whole place as it really was in this painting. I also enjoyed taking close-up photographs to appreciate the details.
‘The Cooperative’ – Pablo Isidoro García-Viño – Oil on panel
A work similar to the previous one in its execution and technique, and related in terms of the subject matter, except that the facilities are seen from the outside. Certain parts of the work really look like a photograph or a mixture of painting and photos. I enjoyed taking pictures of certain parts. A very well-executed work with a lot of detail as well.
‘Work and Days’ – Javier Roz – Etching, drypoint and manual intervention on sheet metal. 370 gr rough paper.
This beautiful work was the winner in the engraving category of the competition. It is incredible how several works seem to be related to each other by theme, even though they use different materials and techniques. On this occasion, a real landscape is shown, where certain things are highlighted with certain colours. But if you look to the left, you will see a rock shaped like a face. That rock exists and my friend has sent me photographs of it on several occasions from different angles and it is amazing. I loved this work.
‘Many small people (...)’ – Ana Solís Cuesta – Linear etching, red offset ink on 250 gr Canson paper.
‘Estudio Patricio Cabrera’ – Ángel Alén Martínez – Mixed media (pencil, charcoal, watercolour, acrylic and pastel) on paper
What struck me most about this work is the variety of techniques used and how the artist has combined them all, as well as the great amount of detail in the painting. If you enlarge it, you will see everything I am talking about on the table. It is impressive.
‘Hammer’ – Braulio Ramos Moreno – Etching on copper
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‘The Dance of Water’ – Juan Asensio de Cárdenas – Carving in Yugoslavian white marble
This is my favourite sculpture and it was also chosen as the winner of the competition in the sculpture category. I like the softness of the curves, how the artist sees water and its dance, and the shine of the marble as if it were the reflections of water. A beautiful work. I had to struggle a bit with the lighting as the work is white, but the yellow lighting changed the colour of the work.
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‘Eris or Discord’ – Javier Martínez Pérez – Walnut wood carving
I love sculptures made of wood, and I don't see many of them, let alone human figures, so I found this work spectacular. Very well done.
‘Emerging’ – Laura Baringo Sánchez – Alabaster
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‘Moon III’ – Jesús Iañes Ferrer – Textured wood (marble dust and sand). Waste materials (rope and iron).
What caught my attention most about this piece were the materials used and their combination in the technique. You always learn something new.
It really was a spectacular exhibition. I was able to enjoy many works throughout the tour and learn a lot about the combinations that can be made and the results that can be achieved, as well as admire certain works of art that fascinated me.
If you like, you can tell me which one was your favourite in the comments. Thank you very much for joining me today, I wish you all a very good Sunday. See you soon.
Amonet.
All photographs are my own.
